Eye Contact Translation: (Tell you how I feel and what my eyes say about me) 00:00 I stop talking about the black women in Toronto because I think the majority people that are white that are here don’t really understand what it’s like to be a black woman in Toronto. I wish they could understand that being a black woman, requires a level of fortitude, and consciousness that are rooted in understanding how he walks the world and how others walk the world. And it’s difficult for us because we are prescribe to different ideal and standard of who we are, not base on us, but base on how the external world view us. I think there’s an abuse that happen to black woman that is both conscious and subconscious of those who are not fall into the categorization of being black. The abuses are fell with, you know, having or being forced to assimilate to culture and practices that don’t burgeon on our identity or flourishing our identity of a black woman. So I just stop talking about black women to most people. If we can have more conversations and being okay with uncomfortability, if you want to understand something that’s different from you, you have to be able to sit there and being uncomfortable. And majority of people don’t want to be uncomfortable, it’s hard for them to go outside of the paradox. 00:52 I feel loved when I’m with my close circle of people. I feel love when I’m being true to myself I feel loved when I’m dancing alone in my room I feel loved in a song I feel love when I kiss somebody that I’m into. 01:48 I can look at myself in the mirror and smile-I’m so beautiful doing things that allow me to choose myself and to be true to myself I like to see people happy and make people laugh. 02:23 I wish you could see in me/ I wish you could know this about me: I am kind, I’m not a supper woman, I do bleed sometimes just love me for me, just be there for me. accept me Not trying to change me, I deserve to be love. 03:02 I always think I’m not doing enough and so I'm learning to let go expectation and outcome. My brain function very intensely because I’m bipolar My brain doesn’t do stillness so I have to train it to just be like clam down, relax. I'm learning to just to enjoy the moment, just to enjoy the people that are around or what I’m doing 03:36 I think men in a romantic relationship confuse me a little bit. There are things that they want and they desire but they don’t go after it because they have this big and thick emotion in their head: this might not work out this way or that might not work out that way. Not saying exactly what they want and not being intentional with what they want and how they feel. So it’s not only creating confusion for themselves, but also projected the confusion on ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWTlSaorB3g

Things You Wanted To Say But Never Did - I'm afraid the idea of me is far more interesting than the reality so I can't let anyone close "Things You Wanted to Say But Never Did" is a project where people can express the things they've always wanted to say but never had the courage to do so. This project aim to connect people through their experiences so no one feels alone. I was inspired by this project created by Geloy Concepcion. This unique photojournalism project consists of short testimonies of different people all over the world about things they wanted to tell others about their most intimate thoughts. Because of him, I was inspired to create a similar project. The range of this is wide and it's up to you what it could be about - from family, friends, self, things you're afraid to say out aloud or to anyone. The goal of this project is to shed light on the beauty of human intimacy and how important it is to be authentic with one another. Geloy's work has really moved me in seeing that we're not alone in our struggles. ---------summerfanta https://hitrecord.org/challenges/4583264 https://www.instagram.com/geloyconcepcion/ #LibraryofFeelings #SecretThoughts #SecretFeelings secret secret feelings secret thoughts library of feelings library of emotions ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnAy4v-gYSI