Strategic Dreaming
It's time to conjure the futures we want in the present. It's time to dream as a strategy of freedom. This is what bravery looks like outside the colonial logic.
I wanted to take a minute and let folks know what has been going on with me and where I am going with my my creative work.
The last couple of months have been intense to say the least. We are all witnessing ongoing state violence at its extremes across the globe, alongside infrastructure breakdowns and political chaos.
And it ain't goin to slow done because the energy of change is here and with it comes its companion of chaos.
This is an energy of breaking. Of breaking things down to their foundations, and then cracking that open to see what is really going on as a way to uncover what one is really working with.
So what foundations of your reality have been cracking for you?
For me, I am in the middle of a bunch of astrological transits that are forcing me do things differently - especially when it comes to my home, work, and way I show up in the world. (I mean I guess that is my whole life. LOL).
Here is the rundown of what those longer transits are:
Uranus opposition (1st-7th house)
Transit Pluto in Aquarius conjunct my South Node in the 4th house and opposite my North Node in the 10th house
Transit South Node in Libra conjunct my natal Saturn, Jupiter AND Venus in the 12th house.
What does all of that mean - a bitch is tired and can't do things the way I use to. I mean I can, but honestly it is not really working out for me anymore.
So this got me contemplating what I actually want to do and create, and how that impacts how I show up both in my private and public life.
This is the dreaming phase of breaking that HAS to happen so that new paths/roads/possibilities can begin to emerge and provide different templates on what it means to live and have life. Or in other words, dreaming is a strategy we must deploy in the present as part of the "work" of liberation.
Strategic dreaming is the ability to believe the reality (realities) you are currently living in and embody those realizations so that space is made for you to imagine something(s) else. Taking back the body allows you to take back your rest and time - the things stolen from all of us - so the dreamscapes can be accessed.
It is up to us to bring those dreams that sit outside of labor, violence, and destruction into reality.
This is what bravery looks like outside the colonial framing.
WHAT TO EXPECT NEXT:
My Patreon “Abolitionist Dreamscapes” is where I teach about strategic dreaming and create my own dreamscapes in the process. Please subscribe there for exclusive content. We recently finished reading “Parable of the Sower” and will be reading "Parable of the Talents" next to complete the Parable series from Octavia Butler. While not a comfortable read, the Parable series gives us some reality checks that are helpful to ground us in what it will take to enact our dreams of freedom.
I will also be doing more music contemplations and mediations, astrological and spiritual musings, along with movie/show reflections that can help in strategic dreaming. (For an overview of all collections on the Patreon go here).
I just finished Season 2 of my podcast "Abolitionist Dreamscapes". This past season's focus was on “The Crossroads” of life. What happens when one is at the crossroads and decisions must be made. Whose voice do you trust? And why? I talked with a number of different people so check out those episodes and let me know what what you think on whatever platform you listen.
Also, please follow me on YouTube as well as I going to focus more of my "free" content there instead of Tik Tok and IG.
Be on the look out for some in person and virtual events as part of a series I am working on with a friend called "The Crossroads" - A dreaming experience.
Finally, my books are open for astrological natal readings. Use code SUMMER for $25 off any reading till August 31st.
There will be more I am sure, but for now I wanted to check in with everyone and let you know there is more coming - I needed to take some time to let it simmer so I was not just in reacting production mode but really embodying my humanity and creating from that space.
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Let me know below if there are topics or ideas you are interested in exploring. I can't promise I can get to them all, but having them down will also help connect folks to one another who have similar interests.