
A Softer Place
to Feel
A Softer Place
to Be
A Softer Place
to Heal
Seeds from The Buddhist "Nonself" to The Indigenous Wisdom that inspired Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
“I decided I was too soft to last, but then I decided to be even softer.” - Andrea Gibson (Art by Katsushika Hokusai: The Great Wave off...
Homecoming: The Phoenix Rising
“It's not possible to constantly hold onto crisis. You have to have the love, you have to have the magic. That's also life..." - Toni...
Cranes In The Sky
"I am no longer accepting the things I can not change; I am changing the things I can not accept." - Angela Davis (Art by Mike Paget...
The Swan Song: My Softness & Madness (Yin & Yang)
"Love says 'I am everything'. Wisdom says 'I am nothing'. Between the two, my life flows..." - Nisargadatta Maharaj (1973) "One shot to...
Trying Softer: My Suicide Attempts & Surviving Homes
"And just like that, the tides changed, but then you realize that the pain stays. Running away only works if you aren't running from your...
Growing Pains & Grief Lessons: Loving/Living with Friends, Chosen Families & Community
"Lets humble ourselves and get ready for that world, if the police stations and prisons are gone tomorrow, can we sustain that world ?” -...
Staying Soft: On Love, "Art" & Grief
"Love will not heal me, but it will hold my hand if I ever heal myself, and maybe teach me a joke that I can stay alive long enough to...
Staying Soft: On Sex, "Work" & Survival
"I am haunted. All trans women[/femmes] are. Behind me stretches a line of ghosts - trans women[/femmes], killed before their time by the...
Staying Soft: On Suicidality, "Community" & Empathy
"If a trans girl decides to die, that is her decision, and I will not shame or pathologize it. But there is a big fucking difference...
Ego Death: A Safer Space to A Softer Place
as "the worst part[s] of [us] have always been trying to find their ways back to love." - Kai Chen Thom (2021) (Photography by Justin...










