Popped in to my head, I hear marching drums in the background. If you want to put music to it let me know… PART OF A MISSION There was a slight hesitation, just a second or two And I’m sure that nobody heard When they put him on stand, before he swore An oath to […]
Words and music by Ulf Sandström from the Jump4joy album Tasty Spotify Link >> What’s in your head when you dance to the music? What’s in your heart when you kiss in the dark? What’s in your soul when you look at the sunset? And how does your skin feel when the rain makes it […]
I wrote this about the concept of Trauma Tapping in the tradition of African Storytelling. Illustration by my friend and illustrator Gerard Osenele Ukpan. A Little Bird This is the story about the gazelle that cannot sleep, and at the waterhole meets the zebra and wants to talk about it. The gazelle wonders if it […]
Sometimes a complete thought arrives between sleep and awake in the morning. I call them Morning thoughts. There is no beginning, there is no end. There is no line of time carrying us in a single direction. It is a cycle. From the smallest breath, to the day, to the week, month and seasons…. it is […]
WELCOME TO YOUR LIFE Welcome to life. This is a manual to your human existence regardless of religion, politics and race. Unpacking the box These are programmed into your genetic code from the factory. Some can be changed, check your local dealer. Sex Biological Family Name Citizenship Genetics physically Genetics Intellectually Getting Started Family existence […]
Ulf Sandström – from the album Tasty Spotify Link >> People don’t appreciate, what they already have. If something starts looking better, girl, then what they have starts looking bad. But honey clean your nose That’s not the way the bible goes, The lord will provide, Whoever’s by your side… So enjoy what you […]
This is a text that appeared in my head one morning, just before waking up fully. One of The One of The Ones I am one. One of the ones of the one. Like every other feeling creature. When riches happen I will not mass them and gloat in them, I will put them to […]
Ulf Sandström – From the album Tasty Spotify Link >> //:I see trouble, little sister in your mind:// Take it easy on the juice or you’ll have those morning blues I see trouble, little sister in your mind If you think that life just aint easy take one look by your side there will always be […]
Ulf Sandström – From the album Tasty Spotify Link >> Clean out the zoo, make some room for the monkey Sleep in the daytime and hunting at night See you at the water hole, you can lick my sugar bowl Open up and show me some love! Bring on the juice, let the night entertain you […]
This popped into my head in the voice of a Rasta Fari. “An we will prosper”, he said and truly he an she who prosper DO prosper… bat wattabout da rest? I did not claw myself out of the womb of my creating mudda in a pile of blood to have somebody else claim my […]
