“These past three weeks really have been a whirlwind, and it seems like it’s gonna continue to be so. Just about three weeks ago, around Mardi Gras time in New Orleans, covid-19 cases in S. Korea was skyrocketing.”
Pattern Breaking + Self Trust + Anxiety
As a person who could always rely on me, I suddenly saw my unreliability for what it was. I had become unstable, and the reality of it slapped me hard across the face.
Susana Palacios Pizarro on Chile’s Revolution— Mapuche Style
“We have been told to be reasonable and rational, and it didn’t work. Now, it is Mapuche way.”
Photo Diary of Morocco
“Morocco is the most beautiful country in the world. Because why? Because we have everything: two oceans, mountains, deserts, fresh water, and sunshine. What more do humans need?”
Kholqui “Rocky” Skouri on Tuareg Life + Philosophy + Religion — The Blue Men of Morocco
“All religion, they asking the same thing. Don’t do bad to human. That’s it, this is the thing. Finished. Don’t do bad to human.”
Malick Diedhiou on Senegalese Culture + Racism in Italy
“God can’t give you all, you know. White people, you are rich. You have money and cars, but you are not happy. Black people, we are poor. But we are full of love. We know our neighbors; we can go to anyone’s house to eat and talk. We are full of love. God cannot give you everything.”
La Vida Color Rosa
I have been painting my life “color rosa”. It began as a coping mechanism and grew into a bad habit at best and destructive at worst.
Camila Diaz on Latin America + Complexities in Equality + Love + Beauty
“We are set on thinking that everything is beautiful, but sometimes you have to embrace the ugliness.”
Healing Medicine Through Mind + Body + Spirit
Doctors and patients alike must come to know the spirit and mind. They must integrate spiritual awareness with the material knowledge of mind and body. From this point, medicine can go beyond the material treatments and towards comprehensive healing.
Kimberly Callaway on Medicine + Lifestyle + The Worried Well
“For the worried-well population, the placebo drugs can cure our illness quite well. Beyond illnesses like brain tumors and birth defects, we are back to dealing primarily with human psychology. We need a whole body/mind approach to who we are and how we take care of ourselves.”