Deep Thoughts

Labels are this giant double-edged sword. We use them to help others understand more of who we are, and while that is happening, we are being put in a little box with that label on it. Then, because we love boxes, we start to draw our own, categorizing every aspect of ourselves as a way of being understood. How do we save ourselves from this spiral!?  In terms of the true spectrums at play in queer existence, labels can chop us up and divide us. Keeping us in boxes that constrict our truest freedom. The freedom to love. Because every human has a completely unique romantic and sexual energy flowing through their bodies. Every person's sensual personality comes into bloom on their own time. Each as unique as our fingerprints. Whether you are straight or gay or in between, every one explores that side of themselves in their own way. Some begin exploring at a very young age, others like myself are late bloomers. Some people know they are gay by first grade. Others wait forty year

Here is a journal entry post-Building Man:  May 5, 2018:  Aj and I packed up the car on Thursday morning to head to Building Man @ The Jenkstar ranch in Green River, Utah. It was deep behind some amazing red rock formations in this little pocket of land. We were greeted at the ranch gates with hugs and a Jenkstar newspaper.  We drove straight to the center of the village to check out the CATALYST booth. Every one was literally building shit. Carrying around ladders and power drills. It was clear that this little village had to be built and secured before the festival began. We have the Jenkstars to thank for all their hard work. We hung some fabrics and placed some cushions, then went back to the camping area to set up our little home. I love our glamping set-up. We got a new air mattress that made our tent event dreamier than last time. I was so pumped to crack open a beer and relax into this soul-feeding land.  As we finished setting up and started mu