BROTHER, IT’S OKAY… IF YOU FEEL SHAME
If it doesn’t pan out. Or if you fail. I would know.
AN OLD FRIEND- WHO NEEDS HIM?
“It is two men of equal wealth and equal birth who contract friendship and marriage, not a rich man and a pauper…-”
UNNAMED No 1
They are not wrong to let me fight with the weapons that they made, and expect me to lose.
I WAS ONCE A FOOL
An arrogant fool at that, as most fools tend to be.
Now, I’d like to believe I am only just a fool.
At least now, I am a fool who does not suffer other fools, telling me that they are wise.
My NIGG*(s)
I must first admit that… I’ve been feeling, a bit lost.
I must also admit that for a while there, I didn’t know what to do. Where to go.
So, I went where I was told to go. I did what everyone said I should do.
And I, to put it mildly, fucking hated it.
MY NAME IS…
Gaël Samuel Kabatantshi
A mouthful, ain’t it? But that’s my name.
And now that we’re introduced, I’ll tell you something about myself.
THE THREE B’s AND DEFINIng MASCULINITY
Hello all,
Join me as I once again attempt to come to terms with what masculinity means to me. And as I try to wrestle it from the toxic misnomer within which it has been so tightly entangled.
Ai And the death of authenticity
AI. All I hear lately is talk about AI.
And I don't understand it.
And not because I’m technologically inept, or one of those 5G conspiracy theorists, or one of those hipsters who tweets about wanting nothing to do with anything that ain’t from “mother earth”. As if the copper and zinc in our shiny, gold iPhones are from outer space or something…
I’m a fucking hypocrite, just like you.
TIME AND THE ARTIST
Being an “artist.”
I’ve always wanted to address what this means to me- the topic of being an artist, somewhat seriously.
Or rather, just speak a bit about my perspective on it. What it’s like- to live a life dedicated to artistic pursuits.
I guess it’s always boiled down to three things for me-