#toronto artists

I am not a poet. Just a warrior who happens to rhyme. ⁣⁣
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(You can visit my instagram page @jungleflowerenergy to view the closed captioned version of this poem)

TOXIC MASCULINITY - Please repost!

I was NOT expecting this to happen. Please tag someone who would appreciate this⁣ ⁣
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I’d written Firefly, my first poem, only because someone had asked me to. I didn’t consider myself a poet and wrote nothing again until a year later (2013) when @jeffperera invited me to perform something for a conference he created around ending toxic masculinity. I wrote this piece for it and this was the first time I performed it. I was battling stage fright the entire time.⁣⁣
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Waiting for my turn to perform, I was shaking. My friends gathered lovingly around me and prayed. Along with the stage fright I was also terrified that I would forget my words which is why you’ll see me clutching my notebook for dear life. You’ll also later see me shaking my head in disbelief because this outcome was the last thing I was expecting. My fear of public speaking dissipated after this. During a phase in my life where I spent a lot of energy dodging cameras, to have this major turning point caught on film (by Paul) was such a blessing. Grateful to see intelligent souls like @patrickcwalters@seedandcerassee@letssavematthew@rene_riiise@joanneswritingsand@mstoddart68 going off in the audience.⁣⁣
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They say fear is the opposite of love, and it seems like the more fears I face, the more I find myself surrounded by a loving community. I had major stage fright and I never claimed the title ‘poet’, but here I stand as living proof that our throat chakras are strengthened when we speak our truth. ⁣⁣
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Nov 16 in Toronto. Link in bio #jungleflowerdragonheart

Keep Arm In Necklace, tribute to Toronto. - $10 each by Dorota Pankowska

I started serving at this brewery part-time over a year ago and though I haven’t been able to work the last few months I still hold everyone here very near and dear to my lil heart ❤ They’ve always encouraged me to hang my paintings inside, and they were instantly on board after I proposed the idea for this series of murals in and around the building. It was so fun! And I love them and miss them!

If you’re in Toronto they have a new system set up on their website and whatever you order there will be delivered to your door every weekend so check it out: http://follybrewing.com/bottleshop/

stuck inside? paint ur friends.

a cute little sheet of flowers – plus look at one all blown up and look at that great paper texture that is impossible to capture 

Thank you Joan for the Q&A in the last issue of Newfoundland Quarterly that finally arrived in the mail! Very excellent