EarthtoKara

I’m so in love! My crazy, sexy, cool wife. 💘✨ This is from last week in Punta del Este @ Hotel Solerios. 💜 It’s our first year of marriage && we are FINALLY getting to enjoy it. 😭🥹💗✨🌹🫶🏻💕 #lgbtqia #marriedlife #uruguay #puntadeleste #gaymarriage #love #samelove

I can see the Atlantic Ocean from my bed ~ ✨🌊🌴☀️💗 #uruguay #immigrant #oceanview #fall #photography #southernhemisphere #nature #greenery

We were told to go to therapy, but what about when talking isn’t helping? Turn the news off for a moment and feel your heartbeat. Meditation isn’t a pipe dream. It’s a stillness that’s beckoning you to listen. Are you ready to hear what your body is saying? You’re still breathing… Lean in, fully.

I never thought that I would live in another country, or in a bungalow by the sea. I never thought that I would be rebuilding my life in my 30’s. We had just gotten married & were talking about babies… I never know what tomorrow will bring, but honestly, this is surprising… #uruguay #lgbtqia

My memories are fleeting & fickle things. I look back at photos of turning 30 & I just don’t remember when it stopped being so easy to see me. At 33 I feel scattered, hazy. Remnants of neural circuit dizziness. A nervous system crash landed me right on my ass. I’m still looking for me, I guess.

Is it wrong to want safety? My heavy heart feels guilty… Leaving everyone & everything. We just weren’t sure how to proceed if we didn’t leave. This ocean breathes salty. I’ll let these waves carry me.. // uncertainty // #photography #uruguay #puntadeleste #ocean #beach #lgbtqia #southamerica

It felt like this day would never come, but we made it out of the US safely. It was a long flight to South American last night, we are now happily nestled in Uruguay. Here’s to starting from scratch! 🥂✨🌹 #fleefromtyranny #lgbtqia #expat #uruguay

Adiós, Colorado. It was nice gettin’ to know you ~* #photography #colorado #goldenhour #sunset

So, yea, it could have been done differently. So, no, I didn’t show the best sides of me. So, yea, maybe, I didn’t defend me as quickly as I’d like to see. . . But. I can’t be perfect & be living simultaneously. // perfect, just say you’re sorry // #photography #poetry

I feel weightless, & not in a good way, like a song with no meaning. Like an apology that ultimately means nothing because you can’t re-piece the shattering of missed opportunities. Forgive me if I don’t stay for coffee, these sleepless nights… // they just really get to me // #photography

My grandma would be so ashamed if she knew what it was. I watch her children vote to remove immigrants & the hate in their heart looks nothing like the sacrifice that was made for us. My cousins, aunts, uncles, mother, sister all wear red MAGA hats. // how could they do that // #immigrants

“Watch what I can do.” Like magic, I split myself from one person into two. I ache to be your shot of whiskey-straight. I become a memory, a nightmare, a fever dream. I dissolve and disappear right into thin air. But like you said… // I asked to be here // #photography #poetry

Professor used to take me for Sunday drives. Top-down Mercedes, as he’d play with my hair. 50 miles out into the middle of nowhere just for fresh air. Judge me. I don’t care. If the world wanted me to show up beautiful, I wanted paid to be there. // sugar bby sunday // #photography #poetry

In 20 more days we flee from a country that houses members of our family. We will hug them one last time. We will risk our lives on a plane ride. Fragments. Family left behind. Fleeing for safety. I read Anne’s diary when I was 13… // how is this happening // #poem #photography #lgbtqia

What’s dictating destiny? Eye-blinding, Skydiving, Riveting. Hit gravel — skinned knees. The Year of Lovemaking, endlessly- love, just, swirling. The year of daring to ask, “What’s in it for me?” // por nada, no mas: a prodigy // #photography #poem #flower #nature #poetry #rose #poet #lgbtqia

Her-edges-line-up & wrap around my same infinity ~ She can take what she wants, she could ask for the key, pour out my heart, just so she doesn’t leave… // oh, an angel she must be // #photography #poetry #poem #nature #flower

Someone once told her that it’s a man’s world, & he meant it, so, she found purpose bending herself into the back pockets of people who only wanted her because she was able to put their pieces back together. Her multipurpose life. Her ageless disdain… // swiss army life // #poetry

Heaven is a halfway house and I can't stop falling through the ceiling. Floorboards threaten the safety under my body. Prayers walking me through this like two left feet. How long, exactly, can a grown ass adult play make believe? // shame on me // #poem #photography #poetry #nature #greenery

Me in high school vs me Now ✨🔥🧡

Oops! Meant to make salad, but ended up with cookies ✨🍪🩷 😂 You want one? 🤤 🔥

No more rip-rip-ripping; My heart no longer deep-crimson-dripping, my mind does not wonder, I’m feeling quite somber, it’s quiet, I’m writing, again. // no more playing pretend // #poetry #poem #write #photography #flowers

Gravity gave in the day that I said no to you. Someone said, “take only what you need”, so I’ll leave the rest for you, baby. I let you see me and I still haven’t been the same… // renegade // #photography #pikespeak #gardenofthegods #poem #colorado

Abuelita. I think about her struggles as a first generation American. The way acclimating complicated everything. She created her “American Dream”, she left her mark on things; Healer. I wonder what she would do if she knew I had to flee to have to have a chance at the same thing. #poetry

I’m sorry if you missed me, it’s just that lately I’ve been trying to talk myself down from the heights of fearful daydreams. I’m dipping my paint brushes in murky water. I’m blasting Janis Joplin & loading a bowl. I am doing anything & everything except coming to the phone. Dial tone. #poem

28 More Days Until We Leave Each item we sell, unravels a piece of our home. I hand over my favorite lamp, handbag, and guitar. I let go, into an unknown. We free fall out of the city, and into another country, where we’ll sleep between forest and sea. #photography #lgbtqia #poem

✨💗🌹Happy Valentine’s Day, little loves💘❤️💌✨

I learned something amazing… That I could call the things I do on accident a mistake. A mistake. Human error, filled with fear and responsibility. & plenty of apologies. I don’t always understand what makes me think that I have to be perfect to be living correctly. #photography #poetry #lgbtqia

Full moon in Leo ~ It’s my time to shine ❤️‍🔥✨🌹🔥 #leo #fullmoon #witchsky #latina #altar #santamuerte

I’m not delicate like when I was little and I would cry with skinned knees. No. This heart bleeds and I still keep on begging to differ the difference between what happened to me and who I am meant to be. Nothing can stop me or it would have already. #poetry #write #photography

Configuring. We all do a little buffering. What’s left besides the rinse and repeat? Do it again so easily. Habits become homes to the hearts that broke before body. Don’t stop until it’s a love language. You, yourself, the mirror. // la magia esta en ti // #photography #write #poem #photo

Refresher. I think I caved under pressure… I think, I lost the ability to see clearly. So, clearly, I missed myself, so dearly. Let me see. Let me see. Cheers to the memories. Salud to who I used to be - This is me. This is me. // march 6th, 2020 // #photo #poem #writer #picture

To beat the evils of this world, you don’t have to become it. Even in the grips of anger, we can find solace in something. Whether ourselves or someone else. We can assume we know what we need to breathe, And be better than that of which we are seeing. #poetry #photography #sandiego #california

So, let me. Let me seek shelter, let me find safety. Everything is settling - everything is becoming. I give it up. I give up. I give. Now, how do I get the imbalanced energy out of me? // lungs, caged things // #photography #poetry #write #writer #words #colorado #skyline #mountains

Our majestic boy. Such a sight to be seen! Handsome and sweet, Milo is an angel. Unlike any chow chow you’ve ever met! He’s playful and quirky. He loves other dogs and people. He even loves to go on runs! He’s great. Simply the best. #chowchow #dog #pets

A non-government business that contracts with the federal government received notice today that in order to do business with the government they must certify that they don’t participate in DEI. So it’s not just the feds, it’s any private biz that contracts with the feds. Here’s the message they got:

Nature. God. The Universe, whatever you call it — wants you to be in a state of creating… Regardless of aching. Create flyers, Create poetry, Create passion from your tears. Let it spill like ink, let it run out of you, Let it calm your fears. Spirit says, “Focus, HERE.” #breathe #resist

I got over my fear of flying after flying with my wife. It feels sort of like, “if we go down, we go down together”….right? “Juliet”, my wife calls me. Oh, well. At least we’d die tragically in love however frightening it would be. #photography #flying #mountains

How does a man like Putin, who grew up in a rat infested apartment end up being worth $200 billion and owning a house as such. Without ever working in any business? He becomes a President and steals from the people. This is where we are at. Now imagine it’s America. How much can they steal?

After an encounter with Neuro Circuit Dizziness, I’ve been determined to find ways to stop ANS dysregulation so that I could be balanced. This rabbit hole has led me to a loving journey of body mapping and somatic healing. Not balanced yet, still striving 🌱☀️💗 #neurocircuitdizziness #mdds

If this crosses your path and you’ve signed with an agent, could you tell me what do’s and don’t’s you’d quickly advise? (I’m ready to publish my poetry book. 📚✨🌹) #lgbtqia #poetry #publishing #published #agents #publishinghouse #author #writer #publishingagency #book #write #novel #publish

How do you take care of yourself when things are topsy-turvy? How do you send signals of safety to your mind and body? Deeeeeep breaths. A lot is happening. And it’s going to keep happening. Fast. Rest. #resist #selfcare #rest #diaphragmaticbreathing #fascialdecompression #meditate #hydrate

My last year in my 20’s was an ode to every version of me I had ever been. Now 33, I see that the standard to which I had held myself, left me to not only be proud of me, but taught me how to return to my heart’s center when shit is crazy. Paint, make music, write poetry = my keys for living 🎶✨🎧

In case you’ve never seen brown woman wear pearls in the 1920’s-1940’s… I come from a long line of woman who wore pride with their pearls. Strong women. I am very fortunate to have these fotos de mi familia. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do. 🇲🇽✨♥️ #photography #ancestors #mexicana