#WinterABC24: The Freedom Collective

“...I believe the best way to contribute in the long run is not to focus on a definition of success that society has given us but rather to focus on play, joy, passion, purpose, and ideas. So I’m seeking artistic freedom, not freedom in my art but rather freedom for my art.Freedom is important for…

#WinterABC24: Echoes of Shattered Wishes

They say two minds are better than one, I couldn't agree more as Takudzwanashe and I took a pen. a blank page and our diverse thoughts to jointly weave together a story of a couple's broken past peppered with shattered wishes, a hopeful present and perhaps a redemptive future in matters love and healing. Two voices,…

#WinterABC24: Believe Me, Your Blog Matters

We live in the era where instant things are a norm. Microwave pizza, instant loans, instant deliveries...instant reach. This instant gratification syndrome sways us so much so we expect the same when it comes to our words, our voice, our creations. Yet, creativity and impact goes beyond numbers: our blogs are a canvas of change…

A Mirror’s Tale

In the beginning, there was a blank page, a cursor blinking like a hesitant heartbeat and a mind ready to calm its angst and neutralize it's anger by spewing words into something coherently beautiful. Fear of judgment loomed large as I hit “publish” for the first time so much so I deleted my first blog…

#WinterABC24: Notes of Unity

Can you feel that? The scintillating swayof their drums, the sensual echoes of storiesgathered in the strings infiltrating your psyche? Can you hear that? Past and present generations stringing together our glorious past to a promiseof a rich future? These musicians with their lyrics spell possibilities, wonder: their musicalnotes rise like the sun in the…

#WinterABC24: Love’s Dance Across Shifting Borders

That first time the word slippedthrough my lips sweetly, soundlesslyin a foreign rhythm yet it echoedback a familiar feel of love, the kindI had yet to taste from our lands.It feels like silk against a sultry skinor honey dissolving on my tonguethis loaded word, babe. I found thisgem unexpectedly that it shattered mydark armor, cleared…

#WinterABC24: Navigating The Money Maze

“It's not your salary that makes you rich, it's your spending habits.” Charles A. Jaffe What came first, the egg or the chicken? I'm trying to frantically remember what was the first pot of gold that opened up my eyes to matters money and wealth creation. 'Rich Dad, Poor Dad' or the Centonomy blog: which…

#WinterABC24: Who Is At That Heart of My Content Creation? AI or I?

The million dollar question: Is AI here to serve us or have us for dinner?For a creative who loves living under her rock and enjoys creating things from scratch I had to to lift my head from the sand and keep up with changing times. Nothing can kill creativity like obsolete systems and a closed…

#WinterABC24: Budding Bonds

Dear Rafiki, Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go and allow people to hurl themselves into their own destiny. And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it's all over.Octavia E. Butler With a face marked with innocence…

#WinterABC24: In Momma’s Steps?

Poetry Prompt Day 29: Solid ground The start of #WinterABC24 “Momma how did you do it?” I murmurto the echo of her knitted brow sitting onher strong tea colored visage. “How did you knit parts of you into whole beingsbear them then clothed, fed, educated,loved us ferociously and supported usthrough thickest of your thighs and…