#rawreflect

[good-bi20]

Late night thoughts

I crave attention from the people around me, always wanting more, but they all seem to busy in their own lives to think about mine. They don't care about the fact that I got my nails painted. They don't care that I got a new dress, new ring, or new shoes. People are too wrapped up in their own worlds to pay attention to the people around them. This is a flaw because you get to know people better when you focus on the little things. Oh, you got new shoes. I love them. Oh you got your hair cut? It looks so good on you. These things shows that you truly appreciate the little decisions in peoples lives, which is a reflection of them. Choices are what define me. Anyway, this is just a 3am ramble, and the moral is: I want someone to truly focus on me like I focus on them. It's exhausting putting in more effort than people give, but that's the cruel reality of our world; people are selfish.

[persimmonsrain]

Hi lonely heart

My heart feels so full when I’m with my students. In the morning, in the rhythm of lessons, in the way they smile when they understand something or when they don’t, and still try. Their joy becomes mine. Their presence fills the room, and somehow fills me too.

But at night, especially close to midnight, something shifts.

It’s so quiet. Too quiet.

I lie in bed, and the room feels bigger than it is. The echoes of the day start to fade, and I start to wonder… where did all the warmth go? Why do I feel this empty when I’ve spent all day loving and being loved?

It’s like the light poured out of me, but none of it stayed.

And maybe that’s what I haven’t learned yet, about how to hold myself when no one else is watching. How to not crave the reflection in someone else’s eyes to feel whole. How to love the silence that follows a day of presence.

The ache comes suddenly sometimes, deep, slow, unexplainable. Not sadness, exactly. Not loneliness, either. Just... a space I don’t know how to fill on my own.

In the quiet, I remember something: tazkiyah. The inward tending of the soul. Not a fix, not even a solution. Just a turning inward when the outside world has fallen quiet. A remembering that this hollowness isn’t failure but an invitation.

There’s a verse I hold close, not because I’ve mastered it, but because I haven’t:

“He has succeeded who purifies the soul, and he has failed who corrupts it.” — Qur’an 91:9–10

I don’t always know how to purify. Sometimes I only know how to ache. But perhaps even that is part of it. Perhaps the ache is the door.

And if it is, why does it still hurt so much to walk through it?

[rawreflectionsblog]

There are TV shows you love.

Then there are the ones that imprint on your soul.

These five? I’ve watched them so many times, they’re basically coded into my DNA.

They taught me about justice, power, danger, love, trauma, and healing.

They made me feel something in a way most people don’t.

If I could erase them from my memory just to feel that first-watch high again… I would.

Dexter. Succession. How to Get Away with Murder. You. Revenge.

They raised me.

[minqy-art]

🌈 Starting 2019 with my first bulk order of product today! 🌈

These stickers look great! Next should be tote bags, prints and tshirts from @redbubble.

You can find me selling my work at the RAW Artist Showcase Reflect January, 30th. You can buy tickets here http://www.rawartists.org/minqyart

Every ticket sold supports me as an artist and helps pay for my table. Thanks! #rawmilwaukee #rawreflect #pridepuncollection #stickers #can'twaitfortheshow #pride (at Bay View, Milwaukee) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsJZGXfh77o/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=7yu119l1z6hx

[ramsesdagod-blog]

Tonight was a spectacle!!!!! #period #callmestylz #rawphoenix #rawreflect #localartist #unsigned #blackmenwithdreads #blackmenwithbeards #unsignedartist #stylz #blackmensfashion (at The Pressroom) https://www.instagram.com/p/BuLJKm7Aja5/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=y4letka68lhs

[ksunshineart-blog]

Tickets are still available for my upcoming show ! Everyone who buys a ticket gets entered to win a drawing or painting from yours truly!! Click the link in my bio to purchase tickets ! Even if you aren’t sure if you can make it. The proceeds after my quota are going to #suicideprevention #helpothers #supportlocalartists #rawreflect #rawartist @rawartists (at Detroit, Michigan) https://www.instagram.com/p/BtmH8NyH_Td/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1x2xzwc8mblzf

[runningwolf]

Casper Stone releases debut EP: "Raw Reflections" https://bit.ly/3ft0M5e

[kinyohq]

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This little clip from the Raw Show reminds me that I should always have books on hand. #aztectheatre #rawartists #rawreflect #rawsanantonioreflect #RAWSANANTONIO #sanantonio #satx #books #poetry #poems #ballerina #entrepreneurs with @graffitithemindson https://www.instagram.com/p/BwLAZhxFmoX/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1d6lu5b39l6az

[culture4thekids]

By RawReflections

Star gazing

at the blue night sky

Doesn’t compare

to the view

of watching you

admire an existence

even more extraordinary

than yourself

- Manni @blvck-crown

[kinyohq]

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Speaks for itself @graffitithemindson on the @dabtrollcreations camera #bts #aztectheatre#rawsanantonioreflect #rawartists #rawreflect #RAWSANANTONIO #stage #event #satx #satxmusic #hosting https://www.instagram.com/p/BwK6CvBnZGD/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=6yu64a9klg87

[kinyohq]

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Im grateful that i get to stand on the same stage where I saw #davechappelle live. Hosting is about transforming the air in the room into a medium for community. its like comedy for dummies, but more functional than art. Thats why I like it. Its one of the weirdest gigs, because youre highly visible, but also sort just a prop, or a human app app, or a pilot. In a room full of artists the job gets easier, its just about shating the love! FULL CLIP ON FACEBOOK AND YOUTUBE.... LINK IN THE BIO. #hosting #events #sanantonio #satx #stage #audience #passion #inspiration #rawartists #rawreflect #rawsanantonioreflect #RAWSANANTONIO https://www.instagram.com/p/BwHuL0OnQiv/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1qa3ylwuskfog

[ksunshineart-blog]

Hey guys ! Guess who’s gonna be at St. Andrews hall again ?! THIS CHICK. February 13th. Very significant date for me personally and I’m looking at this opportunity as a sign from someone very special to me. I’m moving forward with this and I would looove to see you all there ! Visit my raw artist profile to get your tickets now and save some money at the office ! ❤️ I would love to see you all there ! @standrewshall @rawartists #rawdetroit #rawreflect (at Detroit, Michigan) https://www.instagram.com/p/Br8K5AXHbad/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=jv8hn423jus4