SAM Frida
Unfiltered – ish
Give People the Space to Be
“Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels… Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.” — Steve Jobs These are the people who inspire me. The ones who are not afraid to be real in a world that rewards...
It Started Somewhere
Colonization didn’t begin as pure evil. Maybe it started with the idea of improving lives, of bringing systems or solutions. But somewhere along the way, it turned. Greed seeped in. Power took the front seat. And instead of collaboration, it became imposition—deciding...
Masks at Work, Masks in Life: Who Are We Without the Performance?”
We’re told to keep things separate—be one person at work, another at home. Be professional. Look the part. Keep it together. But what happens when life falls apart? Trauma doesn’t care about your calendar. And yet, we’re conditioned—by systems, cultures,...
I Miss Anthony
There was something rare about Anthony Bourdain. In a world obsessed with noise, performance, and polished personas, he gave us depth. Through his shows, he didn’t just introduce us to new foods—he opened the door to cultures, people, and ways of life we might never...
The Price of Being Real
There’s a quiet courage in choosing to be real in a world that rewards performance. We live among masks—some carefully crafted, others unconsciously worn. As Doe Zantamata said, it’s hard to tell who wants to be a good person and who simply wants to be seen as one....
A Whisper That Still Echoes — Tracy Chapman’s “Talkin’ Bout a Revolution”
Tracy Chapman released Talkin’ Bout a Revolution in 1988, but its quiet urgency feels just as piercing today. Her words are timeless not because history repeats itself in the same form—but because the systems we live in continue to fail the most vulnerable among us....
From “Why Me?” to “What’s This Teaching Me?”
Some truths can be read and intellectually understood, but their depth only hits when life gives you the experience to truly feel them. The image above says it all: Earth is a sacred school, and every joy or pain is a lesson. But we don’t always live with that...
What If Government Efficiency Meant Enlightenment, Not Excel Sheets?
What if we flipped the idea of government efficiency on its head? Imagine a Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) that didn’t measure how fast paperwork moved or how well projects were executed—but how enlightened its people were. What if efficiency wasn’t just...
The Unsaid
They say silence is heavy— but not like this. Not like the weight tucked under a child’s ribs, where trust should sleep. A brush too long, a look too slow, a whisper that withered what should have bloomed. And still, the child swallowed it whole. Not from fear alone—...