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Hello, brothers and sisters. August is my birthday month, and I’m asking for gift money to help me transition from healing to thriving.
Money is energy. I’d be grateful for your expression of gratitude through a gift of giving.
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I can receive up to $4,999.99 per single Venmo transaction if you are verified. Please email me if you’d like to contribute a larger amount.
Any amount is appreciated.
With love,
My nephew
I drew my nephew today. He was born last fall. He is the first grandchild of my parents. As soon as he was brought to this world, I felt so incredibly protective. All of us in the family suddenly shared a purpose to love him. I’d never known a love like this. The love connected and healed us. I hope to meet him for the first time sometime this year.
Helping the helpers
Many people come into my life offering to help me. I’ve realized that I am the only person who can help me live my unconventional life. I’m the only person who can give me what I need. I know more than they do. Those who come and offer help, I end up helping them, not in a way they typically register as help, but with my insight, resources, and influence. Because the help is not tangible, they are often unaware that I helped them. That’s where the imbalance occurs and the relationship fizzles. And those who remain in my life see and appreciate my gift beyond the social construct.
Push and pull
It gets easier with each practice. With each attempt. It all leads me somewhere, even if I don’t know where I’m going. One by one, it unlocks the key with each move I make intuively and selectively. My intentions are pure, so there are no mistakes. Only lessons. Oftentimes, it’s not the thing or the person I seek. The thing or the person is the stepping stone to the next step, or something greater beyond my imagination. Every day is the confirmation that the universe has my back. But why is it taking so long? I am feeling impatient. I love you, but please hurry. Bring it to me.
I got this
I’m loading a car trunk with suitcases for my family. The trunk is packed, and I’m organizing the suitcases like Tetris. I’m having fun. I’m happy to be helping, and my family is happy. They bring one more piece, the old Samsonite I used to move to the US a long time ago. They ask, “Can you fit one more?” to which I say yes. “I got this.”
This moment
No moment matters more than right now Right now is the special occasion Right now is the moment.
This Saturday the 19th
[ Once Upon a Time in Moorpark by Danelle Rivas, 2025 ]
I’ll be at the opening of a new exhibition Brand 53, to support my artist friend Danelle Rivas. Her painting is part of the annual show.
Danelle was my landlord when I first moved to LA from Chicago and has been a dear friend to me through changing times. I lived in her apartment while she and her husband Pedro stayed in their main home in Brooklyn. After being bi-coastal for years, they will soon be solely based in New York. This might be her last show in LA, and I want lots of people to see her work.
The public opening night is free, from 7 to 9 pm, at the beautiful Brand Library & Art Center in Glendale. The show is through September 12th.
[ me, Danelle, and Pedro in Oct 2022 ]
This is how I feel
This is a fantastic, accurate description of how I feel about me and all human relationships.
