There is a collective idealism floating through us, in us, from us, some call it the Holy Spirit, some energy, some karma, some truth, some God, and the list goes on. In our humanity we trip over semantics or the fear of someone else explaining it better. Despite all this idealism, there is another collective quality that we do equally well and that quality some call hypocrisy, some contradiction, some two-faced, some cognitive dissonance, some confusion, some denial, and the list goes on.
Enjoy this elegant display of the paradox between what we want to think is true and the surprising reality that "believing" isn't an efficient process.
Immigrating Without Borders
I immigrated from Albuquerque’s city life to a quieter Santa Fe. Santa Fe is 50 some odd miles north of Albuquerque along the Camino ...
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There is a part of the Chicano culture that is ruthless. Even the slightest social struggle creates opportunity for deviance. My family wa... -
Part 3 Where did the ability to self abuse originate? If I take a critical look at the people in my barrios that perpetrated on the home... -
Part 2 The darker aspects of my culture are simply expressions of communal pain. Without diving into excuses or reasons for class structure...