Here is a post I wrote a few months ago about how almost dying changed my life.
https://www.upliftingcontent.com/i-am-glad-i-was-shot-more-than-11-years-ago/
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Nothing can really be said to describe what I experienced out in the desert..but dammit I'm gonna try I left my house at 4am to meet up with people didn't know to travel to a place I had never seen to experience things I couldn't have imagined in my wildest dreams. It took about 20 hours on the road to reach our final destination. I was greeted by campmates that had been working their asses off for days nonstop and they first thing they offered me (besides a shot of alcohol) was acceptance; unconditional love and support right of the bat...to me, a stranger...a tent full of burner clothes was set up and provided for me. So many people were looking out for me. I was overwhelmed. I know what you are wondering..what about the sex and drugs? Message me in private if you care to hear some devious tales... In all seriousness, it is so much more than that. I have never felt so generous and humble in my life. I have never felt so self reliant and helpless. I have never felt so goddamn hot and cold. Every single type of person was out there. I tried to plan things out there, but each night was a random adventure brought on by a single thought, or utterance of a word, or a shiny light in the distance. Never in my lifetime would I have thought that through chaos and entropy could exist a city where freedom of thought and expression thrived. On paper, it shouldn't work. But it does, beautifully. Where else can I be told I have a beautiful smile and I'm a darktard asshole within 30 seconds, while riding a bike with a drum in one hand and a pee jug in the other? Europe? Maybe.. I could go on and on.. but I won't.. I'm gonna go enjoy some hot running water.. So i am just using the bathroom..normal morning routine..when I spot a rather large spider slowly descending from the ceiling directly in front of my face... Talk about having the crap scared out of you...
A conversation I had moments ago... Me: Your always eating meat..your such a carnivore.. Her: What's a carnivore...? Me: You know..Carnivore..Herbivore...Omnivore... Her: What? Are those pokemon or something? I have a genuine love for people..random, I know..but as I sit in my cozy little room listening to the gentle roar of a portable heater, I am thinking of all of the people I have met throughout my life..how they have inspired me, influenced me, encouraged me.. It's crazy to think that without each and every minute interaction I have had with you all I would not exist as the person I am today..what I am basically saying is....we need to hang out more! Each person you meet, in essence, becomes apart of you. They share their beliefs, values, goals and wishes leaving a special impression that changes who you are. You listen and carefully choose ones that are important to you and subliminally absorb others, fitting pieces together in order to make....well...you. I'm lucky to be surrounded by intelligent, kind hearted people in my life and I hope that I have a similar effect on those close to me._ |
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