Author Archives: Bwygonik

This is a season of difficulty, a season of heat, a season of compression. It is a time that takes so much to move forward and more to be still. It takes so much strength to be calm, to be ready, to be true, to find fresh air, balance or equilibrium. These days are filledContinue reading “D E T E R M I N A T I O N”

Orienteering: When I was first learning to hike, I thought orienteering was about knowing where you are heading. After practice, I learned that it is about knowing where you are. Navigation is the act of knowing where you are going. Before we can navigate, before we can move along our intended path, we must firstContinue reading “O R I E N T E E R I N G”

There are moments when our words can feel too little or too weak, our actions seem to fall too short. It’s like moving through endless water, wading, and wondering, do our choices actually create change. Are our written words ever read, our raised voices really heard. Do the images and videos and quotes we postContinue reading “R I P P L E S”

Tired: I’m so tired. I’m tired of watching, of reading, of learning. I’m tired of protest, I’m tired of injustice, I’m tired of racism. I’m tired of false actions, and hollow legislation and political scams, symbolic in headlines but devoid in action, equality or culpability. I’m tired of knowing that there even needs to beContinue reading “T I R E D”

Purpose: When times are trying, it’s easy to get lost in the commotion of a day. We can get caught up and distracted, or lose track of our initial intention. We might feel like we’re on our path, aligned with our desires and moving in the right direction, but with further inspection, we notice ourContinue reading “P U R P O S E”

Courage: Courage comes to us in many ways. Sometimes it arises slowly as a skill that is practiced, honed, tested. Sometimes it can arrive quickly, even as a surprise, welling up from within, a response to our immediate stimuli. Courage like will power is something that ebbs and flows within all of us. The moreContinue reading “C O U R A G E”

Will: To will. Not to want, not to desire, not to hope, to will. To have the will, to possess it, to know it, to embrace it. To feel it run through you, to let it guide you, take you, drive you. To understand the decisions we make and how those decisions, fuel our everyContinue reading “W I L L”

Intention: There are so many times that life can take us by surprise, catch us off guard. Not prepare us for what is coming.  But so much of the feeling of being caught off guard is a lack of preparation and training on our side.  Most of what life deals us is things that weContinue reading “I N T E N T I O N”

The Call: When the call comes, we meet it, then we adjust to meet it stronger and more fully. We adjust our positioning, our posturing, and the efficiency or efficacy with which we proceed.  We react to our surroundings, yield to our desires, or turn towards our intentions. The call isn’t always religious or celestial, butContinue reading “T H E C A L L”

Consistency: It’s been two and a half months since George Floyd was murdered.  This weekend marked 150 days since Breonna Taylor’s murder. The newspapers and major media outlets continue to ignore the protests and bury the headlines, but we’re still here. People still show up in real numbers every day.  Atlantic, Flatbush, Houston, Delancey,  5th Ave,Continue reading “C O N S I S T E N C Y”