The Banana Mush

"The Fool" tarot card shared by @thejessicadore To All My Lovers  For the individuals that introduced me to heartbreaks and happiness. By yours truly, Karla. Wednesday morning drives are both deadly yet peaceful.  The drive to the Santa Fe Springs in-home care agency is about a 40 minute commute from Long Beach. I enjoy it because I listen to music and observe the distant nature the 605 freeway blocks.  The snow caps on the northern mountains towards the valley remind me of the pureness of nature and the stability of it (other than the global warming outcomes but besides that point). Nature tends to hold it's form. For example, after treacherous fires, rebirth occurs. New land appears over the burnt area and Nature begins to forgive the subject of cause. Then, life forms again in the area as if nothing went wrong. It's amazing.  Forgiveness is definitely an ongoing thought which circulates my mind....

How Do You Mend a Broken Heart? W.B. Yeats, 1972. Hammer Museum. W.B. Yeats, 1972. Hammer Museum.  Tips and tricks to heal your own heart. By yours truly, Karla. "I went away far away I'm sorry that I never called  I miss your love What can I say (ooh)  I'm just a man who never falls (ooh)" - Part-Time, Cassie (Won't You Be My Doll) As I found myself digging through all the abandoned clothing in a antique wooden drawer, I found myself in a stage of shock. A shirt with hand stitches spelling out "Chicanx Hunk" with an embroidered muscular arm holding a rose brings a nostalgic feeling. The "Chicanx Hunk" title had been a slogan I went by for the solid years of late Sophomore and Junior year of college. Now, it was only a treasure embedded on a blue tinted shirt. My tear ducts began to accumulate with moisture...

. The end result of Lift coffee's "cafe latte". Up-Close & Not So Personal How can intimacy be so uncomfortable and unwanted? By yours truly, Karla. The act of being up close & personal with a person is usually a positive intimate moment, when it's someone you are "googly eyes" over for in that moment - to be exact. It wasn't the case for me on a Saturday night as a server. An entitled regular, a mother, pulled me up close to her face as I set the hot sake with two ceramic miniature cups at their table.  In the moment, as she exhaled on my face. Her voice reeked of sweetness, despite the bitter & insulting words.  I looked at the vast, & open window of the Japanese grill restaurant. The interaction felt dehumanizing and her tone energized her soul and drained mine.  My eyes traced to the guest's family and the wide-eyed daughter whom the bitter mom defended with the sharp vocaliz...

@thejessicadore's reading: "Sometimes what feels like self-sabotage is actually a covert soul operation designed destroy what's not for you. Leave room for mystery  and shadow. Know that you don't always want the things that you think you want. Give thanks when a wrong things falls apart." Thriving yet barely surviving. The power of the mind, and the 'teeter totter' of the soul.  By yours truly, Karla. "if you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave" - Cato the Elder    Yes, the mind is power. ---------- Blog Post drafted on Feb. 08, 2019:  To dictate if this power is for good or bad, you need to look at certain factors: the thoughts circulating in your mind,  and the current perception of your life.  Reflecting on these power of defining factors has created a conflict with my interaction with people. I have a huge iss...

The Meaning of Divination The ways of self-reflection and knowledge of o ur being.  By yours truly, Karla.                                                                                                                                                                    Headshot taken by Lola Olvera                                                               ...