Just as a person can be transgender, meaning that they don't identify with their physically assigned sex (the sexual organs that rightly or wrongly categorize newborns as male or female), I wonder if the same can't be true of race based on color and/or ethnicity? If a transgender person feels that the configuration of theirContinue reading "TRANSGENDER – TRANSRACE"
HALFWAY POINT
Once you get to the halfway point you're winding down. No, you're just winding up. ~ Sharon Lee Davies-Tight
BLACK AMERICANS – WHITE AFRICANS
I wonder if whites in Africa call themselves European Africans, like blacks in America call themselves African Americans? ~ Sharon Lee Davies-Tight
DANCE RULES
Follow the rules of the dance till you feel your own dance emerge within yourself. ~ Sharon Lee Davies-Tight
TOBACCO – SLAVERY
Eating animals, experimenting on animals, using animals for entertainment purposes or enslaving them for any other reason will go the way of tobacco. Although it's still legal, it will become socially unacceptable, frowned upon, and people will be shamed who participate in the raising for slaughter, the buying and selling of animals before, during and afterContinue reading "TOBACCO – SLAVERY"
WIFE – WEAPONS
You can still buy a wife in nations that possess nuclear weapons. ~ Sharon Lee Davies-Tight
SUCCESS
If you don't act successful before success happens, then you won't know how to act when it does. ~Sharon Lee Davies-Tight
TOUCHE!
I've been on Cruise Control too long. Now it's time for me to do what I want - what's best for me. If God can make the world in seven days with one day resting, then God can change the world in seven days with one day resting. Touche! ~ Sharon Lee Davies-Tight
BETTER – DIFFERENT
Sometimes people aren't looking for better. What they're looking for is different. ~ Sharon Lee Davies-Tight
ANTICIPATION
Eyelids drop in anticipation of sleep, knowing tomorrow will make the rest of our lives different but okay. Dissatisfied with today, hopeful for tomorrow and the promises we’ve made to make the future better, as if waking magically creates the possibility, thus the certainty that it will happen. A new day really is a newContinue reading "ANTICIPATION"
MOMENT
Wherever you are in your day, make it a great moment. ~ Sharon Lee Davies-Tight
MANTRAS AND SLOGANS
When your mantra or slogan doesn't work any more, change it. Our brains settle in after the novelty wears off, rendering the purpose of the mantra ineffective. Mantras and slogans only work as long as they're novel. ~ Sharon Lee Davies-Tight
CHANNEL THE CHILD IN YOU
There's a child in everyone. No matter how old you become, that child stays. Channel that child now and then, when you want the comfort of truth and simplicity in a cold world. ~ Sharon Lee Davies-Tight
“WE DON’T SERVE VEGANS”
A restaurant that does not have an animal-free vegan option, might as well have a sign posted out front: WE DON'T SERVE VEGANS. A restaurant that has only salad greens, oil and vinegar and/or plain white rice, might as well have a sign posted out front: WE DON'T SERVE VEGANS. That's discrimination for being veganContinue reading "“WE DON’T SERVE VEGANS”"
PREJUDICE AGAINST VEGANS
Prejudice and discrimination are growing against vegans. Be above that. They're the ones who will save your dog, when the economy tanks and people start stealing people's pets to eat. ~ Sharon Lee Davies-Tight
HORRIBLE
People tend to get used to horrible, whether it's a pizza or a dictator. It's human nature. ~ Sharon Lee Davies-Tight
CARROTS AND STICKS
Dangling carrots you’ll never get, while beating you with sticks? No thank you Hillary. I don’t like to be beaten with carrots or sticks. The line of difference always blurs. I want a candied carrot on top of an animal-free cupcake! ~ Sharon Lee Davies-Tight
THAT’S YOU NOW!
You want to explore. I know you do. It's like being a kid again isn't it? That feeling of going outside, into your environment on any given day as a kid, to explore the world beyond your house or apartment to see what lies beyond the boundaries your parents set for you? What a wonderful,Continue reading "THAT’S YOU NOW!"
RESPECT IS A SIDE EFFECT OF GOING ANIMAL-FREE
Begin by going one day a week, any day or any meal, without meat. Then advance to more days on more occasions. Or start with eliminating dairy and eggs. About 65% of the human population has lactose intolerance. Eating/drinking dairy, besides being unnatural after being weaned from mother, besides causing digestive disturbances via lactose intolerance, coatsContinue reading "RESPECT IS A SIDE EFFECT OF GOING ANIMAL-FREE"
DANGER
My God says without compassion, you become dangerous. Still, be cautious of pity strategies used to hurt people they propose to want to help. ~ Sharon Lee Davies-Tight
LIFE ISN’T A PUZZLE
Memorizing large amounts of data doesn’t equate with being able to interpret the data. The ability to solve puzzles doesn’t equate to solving lifes problems. Life simply does not fit neatly into the predetermined configuration of a puzzle. If memorizing large amounts of data and puzzle solving ability did equate to problem solving ability, thenContinue reading "LIFE ISN’T A PUZZLE"
PRETTY
Make pretty what you have. ~ Sharon Lee Davies-Tight
BEST FRIEND
If dogs are human's best friend, then why are so many dogs abused and abandoned? ~ Sharon Lee Davies-Tight
WORK – FIGHT
The word fight is used too loosely, too often. Work for a cause, instead of fighting for it. Fighting always gets you into trouble. Working warriors are more effective than fighting warriors. Nobody gets hurt; nothing gets destroyed and more gets done. ~ Sharon Lee Davies-Tight
MOTHER
My mother is 89 years old. I'm 66, and we're both still learning from each other. ~ Sharon Lee Davies-Tight
NOW
You be your own star. You be your own hero. You be the one you look up to, the one you seek out for advice and guidance. You be the person you know you can be. Now. ~ Sharon Lee Davies-Tight
LOOKING THROUGH ROSE COLORED GLASSES
Looking through rose colored glasses enables you to see the hope and possibilities for a better future. You can then look back through the lens of your present-day reality with greater confidence and determination to change what you once thought to be impossible – because you’ve already seen what that change looks like. ~ SharonContinue reading "LOOKING THROUGH ROSE COLORED GLASSES"
HARDBALL
It’s time to retire hardball. Everybody plays it--and all it amounts to--at the end of the day--all things being equal in a perfect world, without rushing to judgement--that it is what it is--been there done that--deja vu all over again--on so many different levels. When the other shoe drops, where the sun doesn’t shine, that’sContinue reading "HARDBALL"
ISIS
ISIS is Benjamin Netanyahu's forever vengeance. And he's okay with that. It doesn't matter that his skin is nearly white, and the skin of ISIS is nearly black. Come to America. Make America suffer, so they know how we Jews suffer. Feel our pain. But what happened to ISIS? Why isn't anybody feeling their pain?Continue reading "ISIS"
CLEVELANDERS
I've been living in Cleveland too long. I get 50 views on my website and I think I'm going viral, going to the world series and the super bowl. Of course the world knows that none of that will ever happen, but we Clevelanders know it will.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE BRIAN MOORE
Nobody cares when a cop gets killed in the line of duty. Everybody loves to hate cops. Even the USA government hates cops. Yet, when the USA government calls the youth of America to fight their wars, and then the youth die in those wars, everybody raises them up with love and caring and tearsContinue reading "THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE BRIAN MOORE"
STANDING
I am woman. I stand my ground. ~ Sharon Lee Davies-Tight
To: POPE FRANCIS
You wanted a prayer for you from the world. This is it. God wants to bring you to your feet - not to your knees. ~ Sharon Lee Davies-Tight
JEWS – ART
Jews think that nobody will ever accept them the way they are. So in their art, they change everybody else. ~ Sharon Lee Davies-Tight You change the world by changing yourself.
GETTING AWAY WITH STUFF
White people put more checks and balances on each other than black people do within their own group. With black people it's like, ' what can we get away with'. With white people it's like, 'what can I get away with, where nobody else in the group knows. ~ Sharon Lee Davies-Tight
THREAT GESTURE
Screaming full force, with full body - tense as a board - leaning within inches of a person's face, is a threat gesture. When you do that, you're not wanting to be heard, you're wanting to be punched, so you can beat that person up. ~ Sharon Lee Davies-Tight
IT’S OKAY
It's okay to acknowledge your environment as causing you a troubled, problematic existence. It's equally okay to simultaneously acknowledge your own power to cope and to thrive within that environment. All animals do it. It's our nature. It's okay to rise above the group less inclined to do so. Soaring wherever you are, whatever your circumstances,Continue reading "IT’S OKAY"
BRIGHT IDEAS
DON'T BE AFRAID TO BE THE ONLY ONE IN THE GROUP WITH A BRIGHT IDEA. AND DON'T BE AFRAID TO RECOGNIZE THAT SAME SHINING IDEA IN SOMEBODY ELSE. ~ Sharon Lee Davies-Tight
THINK DARK AND LIGHT
THINK DARK AND LIGHT Instead of thinking black and white, think dark and light. Dark and light allows for more movement along the scale/continuum of how we perceive the world. A black and white way of thinking tends to get stuck at either end of the continuum/scale, prohibiting the flow of movement between both ends.Continue reading "THINK DARK AND LIGHT"
‘NEW-SCHOOL’
Life is always 'new-school'. It’s a new day for a reason. Take it along with you today. ~ Sharon Lee Davies-Tight
WOUNDS
If you lick your wounds too long, you'll make them worse. ~ Lesson from a Dog
CRITICISM
Criticism doesn't lead to a holocaust. It prevents one. ~ Sharon Lee Davies-Tight
YOUR SHIP
You are your ship. Take the controls. ~ Sharon Lee Davies-Tight
WHERE MY VOICE COMES FROM
When I write artistically, I write in many voices. Could me yours, somebody else's or mine. The goal is to communicate the human animal's and the non-human animal's experience. When I use the word "I", once again it could be you, somebody else or me speaking. In that sense I assume a conduit role toContinue reading "WHERE MY VOICE COMES FROM"
ME, ARTIST
EVERYTHING I DO (write, cook, paint, and otherwise create), I DO FROM AN ARTIST'S PERSPECTIVE, LOOKING ALWAYS FOR THE ESSENCE, the core, the foundation, the truth behind the facts as they present themselves for interpretation and further expression. THE MOST I can give you is to understand your prejudice. THE LEAST I can give youContinue reading "ME, ARTIST"
Hey, I have one life to live
I was born and I'm going to die. I'm not responsible for what those did before me, nor for what those do after me. And neither are you. I can't go back and relive somebody else's life, nor can I go into the future and live somebody's life from there. Nobody should expect themselves orContinue reading "Hey, I have one life to live"
TOUGH – ROUGH
I'm tough. I'm not rough. There's a difference. Know that difference going forward, if your goal is to change your community, your world, into a better place for everyone. ~ Sharon Lee Davies-Tight
THE GOOD-BAD LIFE
Reach for the good life that can be. Stop reaching back to the bad life that didn't work. ~ Sharon Lee Davies-Tight
MEEK
My mother wanted me meek. So, I was meek for her. But I'm not meek. It's not my nature. I'm not a lion, where I'm going to eat you up. I'm not a lamb either. Maybe I'm just the animal I am. Can you accept that? I'm just the animal I am. ~ Sharon LeeContinue reading "MEEK"
STRAW | CAMEL
I am the straw that made the camel stronger - by taking the bale of hay off her/his back. I am not the straw that breaks anybody. ~ Sharon Lee Davies-Tight
WORD WARRIOR DAVIES-TIGHT™© 