by Jallen Rix | Mar 27, 2018 | adventure, burning man, community, fire, friendship, magic, masculinity, risk, self-esteme, sexuality, spirituality
I am sitting bundled up and “goggled up” in the middle of a dust storm in the middle of the night (Query: Do I call a dust storm in the black of night a white out?). The sensory deprivation is so severe that it begins to toy with my mind. I start to doubt what is up...
by Jallen Rix | Mar 3, 2018 | burning man, self-esteme, sexuality
Text version I have just returned from Burning Man — the huge arts festival in the Nevada desert that is part rave, part experimental community, and part Mad Max Movie,. This was my fourteenth time attending. But a friend of mine, whom I’ll call Sean, went for his...
by Jallen Rix | Mar 3, 2018 | LGBTQ, masculinity, self-esteme, self-love, sexuality, STIs
I’ve heard it said a lot, “I’m no role model.” Yet, I learned a long time ago that we really don’t get to choose that for ourselves. People are watching and learning from us whether we are aware of it or not – whether we like it or not. We do, however, have a choice...
by Jallen Rix | Mar 3, 2018 | friendship, homophobia, LGBTQ, masculinity, self-esteme
LGBTQ people have contributed many wonderful things to the course of humanity. Whether incredible art, or scientific advances, or political and civil rights movements, profound spiritual and philosophical insights, or just a fabulous fashion sense – every aspect of...
by Jallen Rix | Mar 3, 2018 | friendship, LGBTQ, romance, self-esteme, self-love, sexuality, Valentine's
Today I got one of those random commercial emails (one out of hundreds) and the subject line stated, “You better read this now or you’ll hate yourself later.” Doesn’t that just sum up the whole strategy behind capitalism using shame to get us to buy their products? No...
by Jallen Rix | Mar 3, 2018 | friendship, original lyrics, self-esteme
Published on Jan 24, 2015 To my best friend, Jay Williams on his 55th birthday. We’ve known each other around 28 years! (gulp!) Thank you for your friendship, acceptance, and everything! REACH OUT / STAY IN TOUCH Reach out / Stay in Touch… Please let me...
