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alex b.'s avatar

Badiana, this is beautifully written. Seeing this reminds of the first time I started showing my WIPs. I felt very exposed, unsure, anxious and the feeling of not being good enough. Years of minimizing the perfectionsim mindset.

It reads like you're telling a story of my life.

Thank you for sharing your beautiful words and I'm deeply grateful for doing this collab with you.🤎

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Badiana Badio Eckstrom's avatar

My heart is so full reading this.

I showed you what I got, FAM!!

🤣🖤🫂

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alex b.'s avatar

You did a great job. I need a few days to sit with all of this.

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Badiana Badio Eckstrom's avatar

You don’t understand how much I understand this. Catch me in 5 days 😂 decompressing all that has transpired this last 5 days.

I’m overstimulated in the best way. Is that a thing?

I’ll be here.

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alex b.'s avatar

Yes and that's me all the time lol. I've reached a point I don't know how to not be overstimulated and this has increased since I started writing the microfictions.

I digest everything differently. Casual conversations, reading, colors and surroundings. I'm like a light that doesn't cut off.

I'm working on trying to manage this better.

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Badiana Badio Eckstrom's avatar

I could only imagine. My mind was jumbled when I was trying to do too much while being overstimulated. I could not compute more because I still had not processed what was happening.

On the flip side, my creative brain waves was firing rapid fire though so I can see how this state is allowing you to create at the level you are creating

I’m realizing all genius has its downside ya know?

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Tabitha Blair's avatar

Good job with marrying the conceptual artist with the conceptual poem. Love the collab.

It’s hard to feel enough

When we stifle

Suffocate

SILENCE our intuition with doubt

But the ART claws its way out

Defenseless

It seems senseless

Useless and demented

Till Spirit and Ego reach a consensus

To chill da fuck out

To let ART be —

Not make art BE

And in that place we concede

We are free

To listen

To CREATE

Not impede upon Spirit with our condition:

Self-hate.

🫶🏼

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alex b.'s avatar

Tabitha came through with the bars! 🔥

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Tabitha Blair's avatar

😊

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Badiana Badio Eckstrom's avatar

Tabitha you legit speak poetry! I thought that was your style for the poetry list but this comment was the same and dang that is so amazing. Thank you for reading🖤 responding with poetic excellence and imparting your wisdom in your 40 list. Tooo good!

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Tabitha Blair's avatar

I’m tryna live n love a poetic aura 😂😂. I Hope you gyals do more collabs.

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Badiana Badio Eckstrom's avatar

I love that I am witnessing this.

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Bethany Nicole's avatar

The poem is just perfect. I got chills. I loooove to see this. Two of my favorites.

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alex b.'s avatar

I appreciate you Bethany🤎🌺

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Bethany Nicole's avatar

Love this collab style. I tell you all the time but :: you’re a genius !

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Badiana Badio Eckstrom's avatar

This made my night! Also, OMG am I a fave? 🥲 Thank you so much, Fam!

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Bethany Nicole's avatar

Of COURSE!

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