Lux

Check your demons at the door

A return to love is a return to the divine.
In this space we celebrate love, culture and community in every form. I invite you to bear witness and join me on my journey home.

Journal Prompt of the Week: What seeds are you hoping to plant in yourself this spring?

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    Inspiration: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

    “Many stories matter. Stories have been used to dispossess and to malign. But stories can also be used to empower, and to humanize. Stories can break the dignity of a people. But stories can also repair that broken dignity.” ― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

  • Rant: Lupe on Voting

    I started this on Twitter but 140 characters got very restricting. I am a huge fan of Lupe Fiasco. I feel like as a nerdy bookworm it helps gives me a sense of belonging somewhere in the rap world. “Hardcore” rap can sometimes be too much for a girl who’s never lived that life beyond…

  • Reflections

    I think it is important for the art that you consume to reflect yourself. Lately I have been trying to justify to others why I have been reading books and collections from minority and immigrant authors. I feel like it helps as a transplant when you can find yourself and see mirrored experiences of your…

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    Dose of cute

    Trying to get some reading done and my cat has decided that he is more important. :)

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    Faithfulness of Mind

    Sometimes it takes more than a firm hand to correct a wrong. Sometimes it takes a glimpse of what you’ve done shown in the tears of a lover. I never wanted to cause you pain and here I am hurting you. I never wanted to be this torn from you. We’ve put ourselves in this…

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    Dear Friend

    Good Morning, I know this is a bit abrupt but I’ve been concerned that I was not able to reach you for the past couple weeks. I seem to have the worst timing. Our relationship has grown worlds apart from how it was when we first met. Do you remember? Us spending every possible moment…

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    Inspiration – Neil Gaiman

    “Everybody has a secret world inside of them. All of the people of the world, I mean everybody. No matter how dull and boring they are on the outside, inside them they’ve all got unimaginable, magnificent, wonderful, stupid, amazing worlds. Not just one world. Hundreds of them. Thousands maybe.” ― Neil Gaiman, A Game of…

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    Cover your books

    Buying exercise books were one way you recognized that the summer break was over and that it was time to go back to school. The notebooks were standard, they all looked alike and had the same amount of pages. The same logo graced the front and handy references covered the back. There was everything from…

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    Death’s Dream

    Clothed in the night, she walked amongst the hidden tribulations veiled thinly and pressed firmly into the world. Her eyes reflected only the stagnant light of stars long dead as she descended. She was the embodiment of darkness, skin rustic and ruddy that greedily soaked up the sun and glimmered like the full moon. She…

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    This week in books

    I was able to go to Junot Diaz and Zadie Smith’s book signung events this week, both at Barnes and Noble and I have to say that I’m ridiculously inspired. I enjoy authors that write stories about people who I can see some of myself in or recognize in it, traits of someo ne I…

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    I Remember 9/11

    Everyone I know that was in New York at the time of 9/11 remembers exactly what they were doing the second they heard. I was getting ready for school, fresh out of the shower I turned on New York 1 to check the weather as I usually did in the morning. Waiting for the weather…

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    Memory

    I remember smells and tastes more than I remember faces and names. I could tell you the kind of day it was when I had my first kiss but not what I was wearing, I could recall the first song I ever sang for an audience when I was 6 but not the last time…

  • Junot Diaz Book Event

    So, I’m excited. Junot Diaz is going to be at Barnes and Noble in New York (Union Sq.) on September 11th at 7:00 pm. Event info here: http://store-locator.barnesandnoble.com/event/76664 I can’t wait to hear what he has to say about his new short story collection; This is How you Lose Her. I’m currently reading Drown and…

  • My Gluten Free Journey

    A few months ago, after almost a year of suffering from cluster headaches, I was diagnosed with Celiac’s Disease. Celiac’s is an autoimmune disorder of the lower intestines where your body can not break down wheat gluten. The side effects I was experiencing for years unknowingly were: fatigue, chronic stomach issues (IBS like symptoms) and…

  • Family Visits and Building Memories

    I’ve been fortunate this year to reconnect with a lot of my family; my father’s side especially. Discovering that I had brothers and a sister were a shock but it has also been a pleasant transition. What’s really surprised me is that I’ve also been reconnecting with family members that I’ve known for a while…

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