Erykah AD 2014

Apollonia 6

B E / basement elevation

Just sayin'

Though I respect a persons right to be tenacious, I also reserve the right to say,"No," without explanation when asked to do something. To ask,"Why," means the person felt entitled to a,"Yes," in advance of asking for your input/participation/assistance, which is really arrogant. I don't feel the need to make up stories or give a dissertation when my time,energy,or means are being requested. My ,"...No," doesn't make me parsimonious or cruel either. What it does indicate is,at this moment in time that I am declining your request, and the reasoning, (unless I choose to disclose it)is really none of your business. I firmly believe that some people #need to hear,"No." "I respectfully decline." "Not at this time." Or as Alice Walker taught the world to say with Sofia as the vessel," #HELL_NO!"The comedy of this coin, is that when a request is made of you,and your answer in the affirmative, people rarely ask,"But why?" Mmmmmm hmmmmm!

Double Identity

“Sometimes it feels like shedding your skin while you’re still inside of it. Like you have not fully developed the new skin underneath the old one, and you have to live in an in-between state for a period of time. A mask that wants to come off, a face that is ready to show its true self, yet is still lingering within the now and then. But when though?” --Alexander Mc Queen