Thoughts of a Schizoaffective Artist

My parents always taught me to be safe and keep my eyes open for any possible threats. That lead me to take a self defense class when I was 19. I remember being in this self defense class and feeling rather insecure that I wasn't doing it perfectly. Then I remembered that I was there for an important reason. Everyone was there for one important reason. To protect themselves. In self defense it is...

There is definitely stranger danger when it comes to dating, but you shouldn't be afraid. With these tips and common sense you'll feel and be safe. Get full access to Kay’s Substack at justkayla.substack.com/subscribe

My grandmother on my dad's side grew up in the country. They lived on a farm but her parents were sharecroppers and she still has her cotton book. She always brings me groceries and stays in a small 3 bedroom house. Everytime we go over her house, I always leave with something. This is the same grandmother I was talking about in the episode Praying for an Atheist Like Me. Get full access to Kay’s...

Redlining affected many African Americans during Jim Crow. So people are often surprised when I tell them both my grandmother and aunt build 2 story houses with 5-8 rooms each in an affluent African American neighborhood. Luckily their community was so far off into a black area that it was not destroyed out of hate like black wall street. It was a safe neighborhood built over an old mine. With a c...

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So I did something cool y'all! I created an activity book for adults for Art Therapy. I remember always being in art class and what that taught me in high-school and wanted to bring that feeling to everybody else. It's mostly drawing so if you can't draw that's perfectly fine. I worked my magic in Canva to put it together. I always believe in bettering yourself. This is my gift to the world. My bb...

A few months ago I before my naturalist journey I bought a gator foot necklace from a store in the low country of Louisiane that represented the Hoodoo Saint, Uncle Monday. I fed it tea and coffee everyday I wore it and a little bit of protection oil I bought from a practioner. It was supposed to protect me and bring me luck, like a horse shoe or a rabbit's foot. Of course I found protection in th...

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I started Amazon Flex and I assume it's similar to the Amazon Delivery job I had at Amazon but less packages? I know that the Amazon Delivery drivers deliver 200+ packages a day so I'm hoping that it's less of a volume. They say you just drive with your car to a warehouse and pick up the packages and they also do a whole foods delivery too with Amazon Fresh. That's the one I really would like to d...

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There's an epidemic in the spiritual community where spiritualists put themselves on pedestals because they are seen as gifted. They don't necessarily view themselves as gifted until someone has convinced them that they are accurate. Recently the term God's favorite has been coined. It is a dangerous game because people start to pay out of pocket to be healed, or told something that they already k...

I spent 30 days writing in my gratitude journal and here's what I learnedGratitude is something I did  because I  was searching for happiness and was comparing myself to other people. I had read that writing in a gratitude journal would make you happier so I tried it for 30 days to see if it would make me happier. Here's what I learned:Do Gratitude Journals Really Work? I had spent all winter and...

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I learned from an art piece that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I went to an art show that my sister was in and found this “cover” piece of Claude Monet’s Sunday afternoon and each square of the piece was created by a different artist to create a whole piece. My dad was intrigued by it and so was I. The piece went for $4,000. Now you may wonder. Who would pay that much money for a piece lik...

I think there was always a Fear of Missing Out (Fomo). It's wasn't as bad as it is right now with social media but I believe people have always wanted to be in trend. In my day, it was Abercrombie, Rainbow Flip Flops, and UGGS. For today's generation it's more about practicality, comfort and reliability with Crocs and Stanley Cups. I think this may have also been more emphasized by the pandemic, t...

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Spiritually detoxing in the loc community is a common practice atleast in the African American Community. It's one of the first things I learned when I was thinking of starting my loc journey a couple of years ago. It comes from the belief that our hair holds negative energy from past experiences and we need to detox it. It usually includes apple cider vinegar and baking soda to clean the locs. Ge...

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