Drea's Written Wisdoms

"The rarity that is you is so worthy of the attention of your heart. And before you know it, you'll only want to be like YOU." By now, one thing is most definitely clear, this life experience is all about the art of forward movement. When all is said and done, we just don't want to be left stagnant and standing still in the background watching as everyone else progresses...but us. So we're constantly on the move, in search of a destiny, that for whatever reason, we believe to be "more." At first thought, I used to describe the movement...

But if all things are necessary, why do we pull the weeds from our gardens? Why don't we let them stay too? Well to be honest, alone a weed is still a flower; it is just a flower growing in the wrong garden; often either because it looks different or its roots prove to be too overpowering for the other flowers to survive. So we pull it out, as a sacrifice for the comfort of the others; the ones whom belong. Hmmm... doesn't that sound familiar, my strong black Goddess sis? I bet it does. So let's be real.  There's no doubt about it. You KNOW you're a m'fuckin flower! However,  under your current conditions, are you also a weed?

Finding the light requires darkness. You can't have one without the other. Let's take a look at some of the darkness we tend to overlook as we journey to the "light."

Get to know the fine artist Andrea Furtick, known as Art.Goddess.Drea, as she gives an intimate recount of her journey into the arts and how she got interested in her current melanated tarot project, The Afro Goddess Tarot Arcanas. A great read from this quirky, spiritual "artiste." The art is always better when it's personal.

Black girls DO do tarot. Yes ma'am. Don't let anyone tell you different. Like I said, "Control your perspective, control the game." So come on and let me put you up on game sis.