Now, more than ever.
I wrote this post June 1st, 2020. It was just after George Floyd’s murder, but before the shooting in myContinue Reading
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How to stay high.
Today marks the last day of my residency with the Squire Foundation. I’m sad to leave but of course, thisContinue Reading
Are you there Identity gods? It’s me, Ghana.
You may or may not have heard that I’ve been selected as an Artist in Residency at the Squire FoundationContinue Reading
Finding That New York Moment.
It’s not that I want to be Alicia Keys or Jay-Z, it’s that I want to feel what they’re feeling in this moment captured in time. I want to be in the midst of what I’ve created and be overcome. I want to feel my New York moment.
When being brave shows us the way.
Last month I presented the first Be Your Own Bettie (BYOB) workshop of 2019. Ten years ago, I was sitting with aContinue Reading
How being psychic led me to New York
I’m propped up in bed, writing you from my AirBnB studio apartment in Brooklyn. A row of colorful shelved booksContinue Reading
Knowing your NO
Back in 1990 or so I was the Social Coordinator for the New Student Orientation at Marquette University. What thatContinue Reading
How to Handle Your Shit
I studied acting in New York with a formidable black woman named Susan Batson. Her voice, raspy and brash, wasContinue Reading
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