Published in ILLUMINATION·Aug 3Member-onlyFast vs. Slow. Will our shopping habits change before the system that built it?The most universally accepted goal in the world is the economic goal. Weather universally recognized financial goal makes us poorer by undermining social wealth, and environmental quality has been a question in the food and fashion industry in recent years. In the food sector, the opening of Mcdonald’s, which emphasizes…Fashion2 min read
Jul 30Member-onlyMápó DòufuA long time ago, there was a small eatery outside of Chengdu close to the Wangdu Bridge where laborers rested under and oil porters crossed by. In this small restaurant, an old couple named Mr. and Mrs. Chen would make humble meals for the local workers mostly, but everyone was…Chinese2 min read
Published in ILLUMINATION·Jul 17Member-onlyHow to Befriend the Fear of Failure in Entrepreneurship and Career GoalsFear is the only thing that both inhibits and motivates success. It can either make us work for our goals with more discipline or cause self-limiting behaviors, preventing us from achieving our goals. Every entrepreneur and career-oriented person experiences fear regardless of how big their business is or where they…Careers3 min read
Published in Ouroboros Community·Oct 25, 2021Member-onlyScorpio, Halloween, and TransformationThere is something about autumn that makes you want to understand. As leaves separate from the secure and rooted trees, I think about everything I once said that I would never do. Life has a very humorous way of thinning down the molded beliefs that we have for ourselves. So…Astrology2 min read
Published in Social Jogi·Mar 25, 2021Member-onlyA train-ride old adulthood“Your son is so cute!” said the stranger on the train. J was thrilled that despite his long hair and the mask he has to wear, a stranger knew he was a boy. “Yes, he is,” I said, “but, I am just babysitting.” I am at an age that it…Storytelling2 min read
Published in ILLUMINATION·Jan 22, 2021Member-only“When a Situation is Not Made Conscious, it Happens Outside, as Fate.”Understanding yourself is the closest you can feel to your ancestors. — As soon as I was born I started walking at the same time Two doored inns I am going day and night These lyrics that used to fall from my grandmother’s mouth when I was a little kid, captured me one day. I was feeling really homesick, but I wasn’t…Psychology7 min read
Dec 30, 2020Member-onlyMy hair was my feminist movement.I had a dream last night. I was 17 in my 25 year old body. I got off the school bus, listening to radiohead. You float like a feather, in a beautiful world. Still best ever written lyrics. I walked through the school door with a few friends who looked…Storytelling2 min read
Nov 1, 2020Member-onlymy grandmother’s journalmy grandmother’s love for digging the soilPoem1 min readPhoto by Luz Mendoza on Unsplashmy grandmother’s journal----
Published in ILLUMINATION·Mar 16, 2020Member-onlyHow relationships can be the best place for transformation“I don’t want us to be each other’s unresolved trauma.” — The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed. — Carl G. Jung “I don’t want us to be each other’s unresolved trauma.” I told to my boyfriend, after one of our biggest fights. Relationships can be the…Psychology3 min read
