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an artist-coach muses on being alive

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i do it for love, and also for money
understanding our value in this world i don't know about you, but i grew up amidst women who are the pillar of their communities. they...
Rai Cantisano
Mar 13, 20232 min read
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é carnaval
carnaval is the one time reliable to get me homesick. the most wonderful time of the year. rest and joy, to the proportions of your...
Rai Cantisano
Feb 20, 20232 min read
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emotional labor
when soothing others is your full time job and you are not charging for it. labor (merriam-webster definition) noun la·bor ˈlā-bər a:...
Rai Cantisano
Feb 13, 20235 min read
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when things work out
nothing is happening. except for everything. sweet, steady, lovely everything. i feel untethered. lost. for a moment. you see, i am used...
Rai Cantisano
Feb 6, 20232 min read
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the purpose of my life is to live
radical thought: there is nothing i need to do to be worthy of life. here and now are also direction, coordinates. what would you choose...
Rai Cantisano
Jan 30, 20232 min read
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responsibility (aka my favorite coaching tool)
this tool will transform your life. CW: mention of infidelity and sexual assault i am the sole uncontested author of my life. everything...
Rai Cantisano
Jan 9, 20234 min read
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the nature of (my) desire
wintertime. everything sleeps (i certainly do) and if you are not paying close enough attention, you may mistake it for dead. it is in...
Rai Cantisano
Jan 2, 20231 min read
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freedom, a short poem-story
i've spent a lot of time imagining wings. how might i fly, higher now, and then some more? artistry felt like that to me. the freedom to...
Rai Cantisano
Dec 12, 20222 min read
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the time of saudade (or saudade with my love)
last night, as i was about to fall asleep, i looked into my partner's eyes and said goodnight. my chest squeezed and a familiar thought...
Rai Cantisano
Dec 5, 20223 min read
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integrity: the seed of trust and truth
it is monday afternoon. i have approximately 45 minutes to come up with a blog post before i get to move on with my day and do other...
Rai Cantisano
Nov 28, 20222 min read
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on the purposefully endless quest for (fill in the blank)
listen closely. ask your body how it feels when you tell it "today, we're going to find love". mine immediately enters hunting mode. my...
Rai Cantisano
Nov 21, 20223 min read
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who am i (a proper introduction)
fuck this question here's what i know to be true, to whom it may concern: i like glitter a lot. seriously, something lights up in me when...
Rai Cantisano
Nov 14, 20223 min read
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on rage, intimacy and creativity
i used to be completely foreign to my rage. it was a thing that happened to me, visited me in the most inappropriate times and blew up...
Rai Cantisano
Nov 7, 20222 min read
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