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Alexander Blaine's avatar

Thank you for this. The part about leveling up and getting out of your own way is exactly what I need to hear right now. I think we all put ourselves in boxes with labels and it hinders our ability to reach our full potential.

Also, excellent book recs. Adding Parable of the Sower to my reading list.

Looking forward to your upcoming projects!

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alex b.'s avatar

Thanks for reading and I’m glad this message reached you. ♥️

It’s easy to put ourselves in that box and might not realize that’s where we’ve been until much later. But once we recognize it we have to find a way out every time.

Keep going Alexander because I’m setting aside my dollars to buy your book.😊

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B. Eldon Calder's avatar

Pessoa . . . The Book of Disquiet. Damn, I need to review that.

AMAZING fuckin' book . . .

I've had a copy with me everywhere I've ever been.

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alex b.'s avatar

I rented Pessoa from the library but I’m thinking about buying myself a copy.

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Katie Mack's avatar

I love this Alex! Especially the book recs, but especially all of it😄

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alex b.'s avatar

Thanks Katie! Lots more books recs to come.♥️

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and now Miguel's avatar

Thank you for your continued practice and working through those voices that aren’t the most supportive and showing up to writing. I can relate. This sometimes has been to me in the middle of writing to which can be a heavy … I’ve read both books, parable of the sower and 1984, never thought of them together. Thanks for the insight it definitely makes sense to read them together. Excited to hear what comes out of that for you.

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A Dope Black Girl With Anxiety's avatar

OH! I love this! Great read and recap!

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𝐃𝐮𝐕𝐀𝐘 𝐊𝐍𝐎𝐗's avatar

Lookit heah...all I do is STAY looping music (𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡𝑙𝑦 60𝑠/70𝑠 n sum Early 80s...𝑑𝑎𝑡 𝑜𝑙𝑒 𝑠𝑘𝑜𝑜𝑙 𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑡....𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑑𝑎𝑡 𝐼𝑆𝐴𝐴𝐶 𝐻𝐴𝑌𝐸𝑆 𝑗𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡 𝑊𝐴𝐿𝐾 𝑂𝑁 𝐵𝑌...𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 𝐷𝐼𝑂𝑁𝑁𝐸 𝑊𝐴𝑅𝑊𝐼𝐶𝐾/𝑚𝑎ℎ 𝑜𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑒)....𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐭 𝐝𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐌𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐟𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐚𝐳 𝐔𝐍-𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐀𝐁𝐋𝐄. 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐢𝐭. 𝐈𝐦𝐦𝐚 𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐍𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐚 out Da SIP 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐋𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐊. 𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞, 𝐁𝐄𝐍𝐃. 𝐈𝐟 𝐔𝐨𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐡 𝐃𝐫𝐚𝐰𝐥, 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐘𝐚 𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐧. 𝐈 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐊𝐈𝐃𝐒 𝐧 𝐁𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐒 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐮𝐭 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐞.

Its been riteous watchin Yo Growth, MISS B. Keep slangin em, baby. Im laying in da cut reading n wutnot.

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alex b.'s avatar

Pimp I appreciate you!♥️🙏🏽

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A Black Artist's Path's avatar

I always got you with the cookies :) and so much more ❤️love u

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alex b.'s avatar

Cookiegrams are always good! Love you too!🥰✨

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reflexions.'s avatar

This is such a fun concept!!! I thoroughly enjoyed reading

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alex b.'s avatar

Thanks for reading Lex!🥰

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ARC's avatar

Loved this! You are doing so much reading that's amazing. I gotta go back to reading more. Thanks for inspiring me. And thanks for including the podcast!

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alex b.'s avatar

Listening to the podcast came right on time for me and I’m glad I listened. There are artists of all kinds that can benefit from it and I wanted to include it.

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Dave Conrey's avatar

I’ve listened to Doechii’s latest so many times this month, I’m sure I bought her a Cadillac.

I also recommend Nao’s latest EP, Happy People.

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alex b.'s avatar

Yes😂! Doechii stays in the rotation.

Thanks for reading and the recommendation.

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Dave Conrey's avatar

Of course. 🤜🏾💥🤛🏻

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Attasalina's avatar

Gonna love getting records! It's fantastic.

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alex b.'s avatar

There's a record store by my house so I'm gonna check it out.

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Sandolore Sykes's avatar

I am reading The Book of Disquiet too! Didn’t know I was going to get a shoutout until I saw it! What a lovely surprise (thank you)…can’t wait to see that collab….

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alex b.'s avatar

Surprise!🤗

You spoke on some great points with the interview with Andrew. Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts. I need to jump on SUM FLUX vol 2.

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