About Me

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In 8th grade, my reading teacher, a Jewish woman named Gwendolyn Ayres, would read us a book series in class called, A Series Of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket. Like an elder griot at a campfire, reading aloud, she brought each character to life. We watched her  make sound effects, switch voices between characters, scream, yell, cry, laugh, whisper and more. To us students, the characters felt so real. It felt like we were watching a movie or a live theater performance. I had already loved reading since a child, but the way Miss Ayres brought those characters alive in every volume she read made me love reading even MORE; forever leaving an impressionable mark on my young mind. It was in those moments I realized that I was going to be a creative writer. I wanted to convey emotions through my pen & paper by vividly building worlds into the heart and minds of the readers, from beginning to end. So, in my last year as an 8th grader, I decided to enter a writing competition. At the time I was deep into black history and I chose to write a poem through the eyes of a young Black boy in slavery whose tears swell up due to the struggle and sacrifice of his people.

 

I created each stanza with vivid images of his first-hand experience. His pain, his scars, his vision; his love for his people who were in mental & physical bondage. Later that semester, I went on to win that competition. Til' this very day I still have that original copy of the poem (see poem below). That year was the beginning of a new journey for me. I had found writing as another tool for unlimited expression. I became not only a poet at that time, but also a scriber, storyteller, polymath, & official student in the art of creative writing. Years later I would move on to win writing awards, freelancing in creative-writing projects and performed in poetry slam events throughout the tri-state area. 10 years later in the hot summer of July of 2018 - the  DarkMatter-ThinkTank (term borrowed by Baba Dr. Phil Valentine) website was birthed! 

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DarkMatter-ThinkTank (DMTT) LLC is a polymathic platform that offers a home for creatives & artists who enjoy an innovative approach to learning while networking with others alike. The foundation of DMTT implements 3 keys to manifest growth; identity, self-knowledge, & self-revelation. With these keys, their personal and impersonal world will begin to make much more sense than without them. I am proud to say that this site has become a hub where free thought, friendship, common sense, creativity, critical thinking and scholarship reigns supreme.

 

As always - the mission is to expand your mind and not allow it contract...EVER again. 

  

Please be my guest, and enjoy the DMTT experience!! #DiveIN

  

Sincerely with love, 

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