Sunday, November 25, 2018

Black Gold



Knowledge
must be revisited throughout the course of your life
as changes in circumstance force you to adapt its direction. 

Your whole life is a kind of apprenticeship to which you apply your learning skills.

Everything
that happens to you is a form of instruction
if you pay attention.

The creativity that you gain in learning a skill so deeply

must be constantly refreshed,
as you keep forcing your mind back to a state of openness. 

A journey
with twists and turns
rather than a straight line. 


Anything that is alive is in a continual state of change and movement.
The moment that you rest, thinking you have attained the level you desire,
a part of your mind enters a phase of decay...


Cyclops-Juggernaut

Aset
The
Goddess

Warrior Eclipsing The Sun

Conjuring
The Imperial
Thoth

Twin Flames Merge Becoming One

Forged Through Hardships
Meant To Stifle
Immortality

Apostle

Conundrum
Of
Duality 

Bystanders
Awaiting The Crack That Will Shatter
An Impenetrable Undertaking

Slightly Wavering

Even When Knocked Down
The View From Below As One Looks Up
Gives Clearance

Cannot
Copyright
The Mold

Of  That Which Is Priceless

What I Embody
Cannot Be Sold
To The Unconscious

Ostracized - Discernment

Wombman

Sister
Mother
Daughter

Walk With Purpose

© LaToya S. C. 

When Something's Suffered Damage
And Has A History
It Becomes Sublime

Fill The Broken With Gold
And Marvel At The Beauty
Of Their Scars



Had To Find 
A New Approach To An Old Dream... 

P. ositive 
E. nergy 
A. ctivates
 C. onstant 
E. levation 

Sunday, November 11, 2018

Unsolved Equilibrium

Once: is a mistake
                               Twice: a habit 
                                                       Three times: a pattern...



In an effort to explain 
the intricacies of life to my son, 
I gave an example of repeated occurrences. 

Said occurrences involve different individuals, yet followed the same pattern. 


I’m not an illustrator, 
but knew in order to convey my sentiments 
I had to speak in a language as an adolescent  he’d understand. 


Therefore, I drew 3 set of circles

three times. 


The 1st set, everyone was neutral  😶😶😶

The 2nd set,  two are harmonious which filled the other with disdain 😁😁😡

The 3rd set, two where filled with discord making the other gleeful 😡😡😀


Stating: If you're not mindful, 
due to the company you keep or a singular person in your circumference, 
neutrality has the propensity to manifest into emotional poison. 

Where two (or more) individuals are at odds unnecessarily, for the simple fact it brings another joy. Those who implement adversity towards the unsuspecting - reverberates vitality and sustains their existence.


Again, I am not an illustrator & can be long winded
so after I finished speaking I asked my 1st born 
to draw me a picture of what I just said & he produced the following picture & words.


Two things 
Need to oppose each other
In order to stay

Alive... 


The boy is yelling & angry 
because he's usually under pressure.  Nor does he like to be confronted.

The mask at the top is using their experience to control him and tell him what to do. 
Using negative emotions for manipulation.

 The woman is screaming due to stress and sadness. 
She is being controlled by her anger. 

She see’s her son being controlled by the mask
 but the son doesn’t know it. 




The figure hovering above is anonymous 
It equates Anger and sadness meshed together. 

The masked figure is feeling what they’re both feeling, but doesn’t know how to show it. 

The figurine is miserable because they are feeling so many things at once; in not knowing how to deal with their emotions they make everyone else’s life miserable. 

The mask appears to be laughing at them both
 but if you look closely
 you can see that it is crying... 

Unsolved Equilibrium. 




Let me pray to keep you from
the perils that will surely come
see life for you my prince has just begun.




I thank you 
for choosing me
to come through unto life to be....



Amazingly,
in an attempt to teach
the roles were reversed and I was reverted into a student. 



Youth 
isn't wasted on the young 

they understand far better than most give them credit for.



© LaToyAugust




Thursday, August 30, 2018

Art-2-Facts




There's one thing you will 
Never 
Be able to get back: 

Your innocence.

Keep in mind 
It has nothing to do with 
Ignorance or Naïveté...




The Cusp 
Of 
Waking Up

Reawakening 

Innate Urge 
To 
Self Destruct 

 Demolition Of Psychological Chains

A Relic 
Can Only 
Sustain

Through Adaptation 

An Onslaught 
Of
Able & Cain

Navigating Goliath's Terrain

Manifestation 
Surpasses 
The Physical Plane

Spiritually Ordained

Engulfed 
In Regurgitated 
Pain

Mentally 
Clears A Pathway
Towards The Highest Elevation 

Reawakening 

Annihilation 
Of 
Societal Constraints

Surrounded By The Morally Corrupt

Turning
A
Blind Eye


Willfully
Forcing Those With Vision
To Adjust

Their Perception With The Mass Majority

Provocations Poorly
Will No Longer Ignore
Thee

Reemergence 

Of What Was Haphazardly
 Buried

ME

Indigo's Child
Lightworker

 Beeseech

Shell Casings 
Of A Starseed

© LaToya S. C.







Q: What are the most important questions to ask?

A: More important than the question itself is the sincerity behind the inquiry. 

If the motive behind the question is than a sincere pursuit of Truth,
there is no reason to even answer.


The most important answers one will receive anyway 
are the things they do not want to hear.

Before asking serious questions,
one must be serious
in their life approach. 


Your Innocence 
Was A Beautiful 
Gift

But, The Paradox
Was That You Never Knew
You Had It... 

Sunday, July 1, 2018

Deuces Wild


Chess pieces represent the forces of nature 
Light and Dark
Good and Evil

Opposing forces 
which permit the manifestation of all things material 
Each piece represents a different position, power and possibility in the game of life. 
I have spent hours conversing with anyone who is privy to the game of chess
and the many ways in which it imitates the essence of livelihood. 
Believing the:
                                     Pawn
                                               Knight
                                                         Bishop
                                                                    Rook
                                                                             King
                                                                                     Queen

was the best strategic analogy
predicating the dynamics
of social interaction. 

The King:
This is the piece the whole game revolves around and represents our deeper self, the divine spark within us. And yet, it is the least powerful piece in terms of ability to move about the board. It can only take one step at a time, though it can travel squarely or triangularly.


The Queen:
This is the most powerful piece on the board having unlimited movement in any of the eight directions. She is the power of Nature, reflecting the light of the King, possessing unlimited potential.


The Bishop:
These pieces remain upon their own color throughout the game and can only move diagonally. One bishop travels the path of the head and the other enjoins the path of the heart.


The Knight:
The Knight represents the awakening of the spiritual initiate acting in the world. It moves by leaps of intuition along the sides of a right triangle. It alternates between white and black squares with each move, therefore, engaging the head and heart in each action. Only a knight or a pawn can initiate the first move of the game. The knight can make a move that even the Queen cannot make.


The Rook:
These are the only two pieces permitted to move strictly along straight lines in the four cardinal directions. They represent our physical power to act in concert with the world's material structures.


Pawns:
Pawns represent ordinary men and women attempting to move across the board of life toward eventual initiation into union with the divine. The pawn utilizes only the simplest interactions with other pieces and does not recognize the divine forces behind its life. It only moves one step at a time. Always forward, never backward. It can move either straight ahead when challenged, or diagonally, showing that it can utilize the head or heart in it's progress. If the pawn gets far enough to triumph over life's trials and adventures, to the eighth square of the opposing side, it achieves a higher state. At this point it can transform into any piece is desires. Usually the pawn is made a queen and thus becomes a co-creator. Though many a wise man has chosen to become a knight and won a definitive victory as a result

http://www.enchantedmind.com/html/creativity/techniques/creative_chess.html
                                        
Whether in the midst of debate, blog entries, or retelling a quote of the day  
I've referenced the movie 'Revolver' by Guy Ritchie, to emphasize 
a specific point I was attempting to praise. 


"There is something about yourself that you don't know. 
Something that you will deny even exists, 
until it's too late to do anything about it. 

It's the only reason you get up in the morning. 
The only reason you suffer the shitty boss, the blood, the sweat
and the tears. 

This is because you want people to know how 
good, attractive, generous, funny, wild and clever you really are. 
Fear or revere me, but please, think I'm special. 

We share an addiction. 
We're approval junkies."

Distract
 by getting them consumed 
with their own consumption...

"The bigger the trick & the older the trick, 

the easier it is to pull, 
because --

1. They think it can't be that old
2. They think it can't be that big

... for so many people to have fallen for it."



During my relentless voyage to obtain respective from the true and living
I encountered an individual who wasn't knowledgeable 
nor divulged in the dynamics of the aforementioned.

I was courteously introduced 
to a pastime I never sought to comprehend.
The entity of 
Poker.

For the 1st time in my years of study, 
my lack of understanding forced me
To re-decipher the phrase:

Growth
for the sake of growth
is the ideology of the cancer cell. 





When one is 'consumed with their own consumption' 
is to lose sight of the goal(s) and get stuck in the process 
which checkmates potential. 

Or as one of my favorite quotes indicate:

You cannot 
see the picture, 
when you're inside the frame. 


People tell others who they are 
and what cards they hold 
by their actions.
The game is a series of one decision after another, 
and to make these decisions in haste and without all the facts 
can be very devastating to one’s well-being.

The individuals in the game are probably the most crucial factor. Knowing the players, including yourself, is the most important thing you can do. Each player is different and unique. Each one has a different personality and, therefore, requires different treatment. 

Knowing the people can turn a loss into a win.

Each person has their own motive for being in the game. You must identify these motives and learn to recognize these motives. This will tell you who these people are and guide you in your decisions. The best source of information about these players is your own intuition and experience. 

Be aware 
a person’s motives can change 
as the game continues. 

Constant awareness on your part is necessary. 
For you to do this,
you must first clear yourself
of your own selfish motives. 

Your own selfish motives will distort your view of others, and you will find yourself making incorrect judgments of them. If you bring the seven deadly sins with you to the game or develop any of these motives during the game, your mind will close. You will be unable to focus on the game and the other people. You will be blind to the philosophy of the game and the motives of others.

Why is it important to know other people’s motives?”

This is to tell you what cards the other players are holding and help you make healthy choices about your own method of play. The real danger is the selfish motives. Be they in other people or us. If they are in us, they blind us. If they are in others, we can fall into their traps.


The players are not our enemies, only their motives.




I don’t understand why 
we should even stay in the game 
with people who have selfish motives...

Without the other people, there would be no game, we need each and every one of them. The more players, the more prosperity there is for everyone. 

We should treat each person as if they were the most important person in the world. First of all, to them they are. Second, because they are the ones that contribute to our own prosperity. We are dependent on them for our needs and wants. Without other people, we can go home empty-handed.

We must learn to love even the most disgusting person. This is not easy to do, and none of us can do it all the time. Nevertheless, this is a goal we must strive for. Neither can we always be free of selfish motives. This also is a process and requires work each day. We only need to improve from where we were yesterday.

Loving a person doesn’t mean we are to become their slaves or bend to their selfish motives. It means accepting them as human beings suffering from lack of knowledge. We are all sick to some degree, and it’s only the degrees that separate us.

We love them when we do not let them trap us with their selfish motives because we are showing them their way does not work. Many people will continue to play their game until it doesn’t work anymore and will not change until they are shown this. 

By showing them 
their game no longer works, 
we are actually helping them
 to find a better way.





After a singular conversation
I delved into the components
of a 52 deck:

                                           Clubs
                                                         Hearts
                                                                       Diamonds
                                                                                          Spades


 Unlike chess, in which
the pieces/moves are fixed.
With poker every hand dealt varies.


A game of chance where the luck of the draw coexists.
One has to work with what they're given
as the tables constantly turn. 


Another's inability 
to manage what is within the palm of their hand
can be to your detriment or ascendance. 


Wearing a poker face  
to sway the odds towards favor - one can make an opponent believe 
whatever their mind wants them to perceive. 



In an attempt 
to call another's bluff 
the cards can be stacked 
against anyone as they're laid 
upon life's table. 

                                                                                             Mannerisms
                                                         Characteristic traits
                                  Mentalities



All eyes 
focusing upon 
the unseen
to out maneuver...


You Can Only Get Smarter 
By Playing 
A Smarter Opponent


Freedom and Responsibility
Are Twins
Not Enemies