Perspicacious Penner

Don't dream it, be it. Regardless of whatever the hell was going on at the ending sequence of The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), Frank-N-Furter spoke, or rather sang, his wisest words in the entire film. Then he died, because he ultimately, and unintentionally, played a large part in manifesting his own destruction.  I'll spare you the film analysis for now. The Frank-N-Furter with a peacock head you didn't know you needed. So what even is manifestation? For starters, we are always manifesting. We never stop manifesting. So long as we have both conscious and subconscious thoughts, we are guided by said thoughts until they materialize in the physical world be they positive or negative. Almost every article I've read as of late on this topic seems to point out that manifestation is not scientifically backed, as a disclaimer, before proceeding to describe what it is. To be scientifically backed, a study must have clearly defined terminology, quantifiability, highly cont...

  I'm no stranger to letting go. I'm no stranger to catharsis. I'm no stranger to days moving slow, and the pain of loving Narcissus. I'm no stranger to the lone road Especially that less traveled. I'm no stranger to the heavy load of all my fears unraveled. but giving up--I won't allow. I'll become my own mother and I'll lead the way in learning how to love myself and others. -BPS

High on "Life Quantum" "Miss Brittney, you have a natural high!" "What does that mean?" "It means you don't need drugs or alcohol to get high. You just know how to have fun!" What a compliment, I thought to myself, to be receiving from a parent of one of my students. Even more affirming was my lead teacher nodding in agreement. Being in my mid-20's, I've sometimes dealt with some inner conflict of whether I'm "doing life correctly." Many in my cohort would have experienced near alcohol poisoning or had some "high revelations" after smoking many a blunt by now. I've been urged by those even 20 years my senior to "live out" my late teens and early 20's. My own father once told me the best thing you can do is sleep around and "get it out of your system." I've simply never had the interest or desire. I think my life has had plenty of excitement already. Pizza the snake. On my face. I...