In Lak’ech
Tú Eres Mi Otro Yo (You Are My Other Self)
Tú eres mi otro yo. You are my other me. Si te hago daño a ti, If I do harm to you, Me hago daño a mi mismo. I do harm to myself. Si te amo y respeto, If I love and respect you, Me amo y respeto yo. I love and respect myself.
Mayan-Inspired Poem, "Pensamiento Serpentino" Luis Valdez 1971
I look at my work through the prism of gratitude as it does not exist in a vacuum-the journey is in relation to the others who have guided my way. I say thank you to…
My Ancestors
My grandparents and great grandparents and family who are no longer in this realm are my source of strength, guidance, and support. Thank you for carving the path and continuing to light the way.
My Family
My heart center lives with my family. Their love carries me forward. Especially the love of my life, Grace, along with my two doggies, Piggles and Bitsy.
My Mentors
Diane Rodriguez, rest in power
Leslie K. Johnson, a shining star who gives and collaborates
Carol Helm, my beautiful mother and best friend
My Crew
Friends become family and I have the best of the best to laugh, cry, and build memories with throughout the years.
My Current Teachers
Brené Brown’s work helped shape how I move about the world.
Inspired by this reading challenge by Gretchen Rubin, I am reading 21 minutes every day in 2021 with my wife. See below, and check back often, for some quotes/insights still resonating from each of the pieces I read!
Currently working on: The Grand Union: Accidental Anarchists of Downtown Dance by Wendy Perron gifted to me by Neel Keller about an incredible ensemble in the 70’s.
Takeaways From
My Daily Reading Challenge
Untamed by Glennon Doyle
“The thing that breaks your heart is the very thing you were born to help heal. Every world changer’s work begins with a broken heart.”
“What if I did choose my sexuality and my marriage and they are simply the truest, wisest, most beautiful, most faithful, most divine decisions I’ve ever made in my entire life?...And what if I demand freedom not because I was ‘born this way’ and ‘can’t help it’ but because I can do whatever I choose to do with my love and my body from year to year, moment to moment-because I’m a grown woman who does not need any excuse to live however I want to live and love whomever I want to love?”
Breathe Magazine Issue 35
Loved this idea of throwing an “imagination party” where you get colleagues and friends together to help solve problems-personal or professional-with a creative pooling of resources. Also, did you know there are 160,000 moth species?!
Tightrope by Amanda Quick