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M.B. Dallocchio

Stigma’s power lies in silence. The silence that persists when discussion and action should be taking place. The silence one imposes on another for speaking up on a taboo subject, branding them with a label until they are rendered mute or preferably unheard.

controversy, crisis, isolation, mental-health, silence, stigma, taboo

M.B. Dallocchio

Indifference is the worst kind of response when love is expressed. Hate is not the antithesis of love; it’s the nonexistence of feeling, a pervasive apathy. When hate is present, so is love. It’s passion gone sour and fueled by pain, but, nonetheless, it’s passion and love is apparently still alive. Yet when indifference seeps into our spirits, an emotional numbness and permitted scotoma takes the place of any passion – whether it’s love or hate – and resigns in a new state of being.

apathy, hate, indifference, love

M.B. Dallocchio

Get acquainted with your shadow, or find yourself surprised when a crisis emerges.

crisis, danger, introspection, self-awareness, shadow, trauma

M.B. Dallocchio

How often do the poor in the US get to stand in front of their nation’s Marie Antoinette’s and shove the stale, mass-produced cake of lower class reality back into their mouths?

imperialism, let-them-eat-cake, lower-class, marie-antoinette, poor, poverty, rich, upper-class, wealth

M.B. Dallocchio

To walk through unknown streets in cities where you are merely learning the language is to force yourself into a new state of hypervigilance. You are a traveler, and hopefully not just a tourist, and must appear calm, but maintain your bearings. Not to get too lost, too off course and without alternatives, without an escape plan in the event of a dangerous situation.

foreign, hypervigilance, language, travel, wanderlust

M.B. Dallocchio

Travel can sometimes push us to lose ourselves and find ourselves at once. The shedding of old prejudices, dead skin, and the opening of one’s eyes is far better than what any mainstream news outlet could ever tell you.

mainstream, prejudice, travel, wanderlust

M.B. Dallocchio

She smiled, and said, “Take care that the voice of God and the Devil sound one in the same in the desert. Trust your instincts. You were not put on this earth to be naïve, blindly optimistic, or passive; you are here to be vigilant, to survive.

desert, desert-warrior, travel, vision, wanderlust

M.B. Dallocchio

The open road. Seemingly my only friend for years upon end since leaving war. The road embraced me, let me breathe, and more importantly, did not judge me.

on-the-road, ptsd, the-desert-warrior, therapy, travel

M.B. Dallocchio

Fine art is the discipline of breaking rules.

art, artist, artistic, break-the-rules, discipline, fine-art, rules, rules-to-live-by

M.B. Dallocchio

If anyone thinks interracial “anything” is a big deal, they’re probably inbred.

bigotry, interracial, racism, racism-in-the-west

M.B. Dallocchio

I wasn’t a person after all. I was simply this exotic thing for people to observe and investigate, an alien in any environment I was in.

bigotry, exotic, exotic-animal, humanity, racism

M.B. Dallocchio

That’s what imperialism is all about, shoving your language, religion, culture, and race down others’ throats and telling them that they’re beneath you – and it’s not unique to the West either.

bigotry, colonialism, imperialism, racism