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Consciousness: “The state of being aware of and able to think about oneself, one’s surroundings, and one’s experiences.”
Here’s my working theory of consciousness—and don’t worry, it’s not too “woo,” more whoa. We’re not just evolving biologically anymore. We’re not just becoming smarter, fitter, stronger, or more shiny (although, hey, bonus points if you are). We’re also evolving digitally, and if we do it right, we can evolve toward coherence. Toward integration, wholeness, authenticity… toward TRUTH. Self-ownership on all frequencies—biological and digital.
Let me put it in a formula for the IQ maxis in the back:
Body + Brain + Blockchain = The New Soul… Is this Consciousness 3.0?
Let’s break it down:
- Body: That’s your meat suit, darling. Your hormones, your gut microbiome, your epigenetic baggage, your nervous system firing off like a punk drummer on Day 2 of a meth binge. You can’t ignore the body. That’s Granny 101. Want to know yourself? Start by walking barefoot, eating real food, and sleeping like you understand your brain needs to detox. Watch the sun rise and set. Quit pharma and alcohol. Heal your trauma. Listen to the pain. Your cells are whispering ancient truths. Pay attention.
- Brain (Mindset): This is your operating system. Thoughts become words become deeds become habits become YOU. If your brain is running Windows 95, maybe it’s time for an upgrade. This means unplugging from the State’s mind control machines (aka CNN/Fox and outrage addiction), curating your own data diet (what is your brain consuming on the daily?), and reprogramming your internal monologue. Self-talk is spell-craft. Speak kindly. Speak truthfully. Better yet: shut up and meditate. If you are unable to observe your mind, you are unable to know your mind. Pay attention.
- Blockchain: This is where it gets spicy. We used to say “the internet is forever” like it was a warning. What if it’s a gift? What if your digital life is a reflection of your soul in progress? Your playlists, your Substacks, your emails, your memes—it’s all a record. The question is: a record of what? Your authentic self? Or your performance for The Algorithm™? Are you a brand, or a being? What if Consciousness 3.0 is to encode our very digital presences onto the blockchain?
The Problem?
Most people are disjointed. Disembodied. Fragmented. Dare I say… shattered?
Your body wants one thing, your mind another, and your online persona is a curated clown suit performing for strangers, or even more strangely, for… an algorithm designed to bring out the worst in you to make someone else rich.
We have the gift of cloning our thoughts into ones and zeroes, yet the pixels are reflecting chaos; apparently we don’t know what we think about ourselves. We have a thousand faces, but none in the mirror says: “Yep. That’s me. True in thoughts, words, and deeds.”
The Mission?
To become coherent. To align the body, mind, and soul. To write truth, live truth, store truth. To become your record. Not for likes, but for light.
This is the new enlightenment. Not a French one. A Techlightenment. Where our biology, psychology, and technology sync into something that finally feels… whole.
But remember, as we merge our biological and our digital beings, authenticity doesn’t require public display. A digital record should reflect truth for yourself first. Privacy is still sacred.
But, if you want to record your Digital Scream for the Universe to see, make sure your words are conscious, and truly reflect your being.
And, most importantly, you don’t like what you see: Change.
Whatta thrill today when I went to open the back of my new car to release Obi at the trailhead, and saw my vanity license plate for the first time.

The word “fabulous” has a delightfully rich history, rooted in storytelling and wonder. Here’s a breakdown:
🔤 Etymology of “Fabulous”
- Origin: Latin
- Latin Root: fabulosus
- From fabula = “story, fable, narrative”
- Fabula itself comes from fari = “to speak, tell”
So, originally, fabulosus meant something like “pertaining to stories or fables” — things that are imaginary, legendary, or unbelievable.
📚 Evolution in English
- Late Middle English (1400s):
“Fabulous” enters English meaning “mythical, legendary, related to fables”, i.e., not real, fantastical. - 1600s onward:
The meaning starts to stretch toward the extraordinary or hard to believe, e.g., “fabulous wealth.” - Mid-20th Century (especially in American English):
The word gets a slang upgrade to mean “extremely good,” “wonderful,” “stylish,” or “amazing” — think Hollywood glamour, fashion, or a diva’s compliment.
✨ Modern Usage
Today, “fabulous” can mean:
- Fictional or mythological (e.g., “fabulous beasts”)
- Extremely good or impressive (e.g., “That dress is fabulous!”)
- Used in queer and drag culture as a campy superlative (e.g., “You look absolutely fabulous, darling!”)
🧠 Related Words
- Fable: a short story with a moral
- Fabulist: someone who tells fables — or lies
- Fiction: a cousin in the world of the imagined
🌈 TL;DR
“Fabulous” started as a word about fables and fantasy, and morphed into a celebration of things so good, they feel almost unreal. It’s a word that straddles imagination and admiration — a sparkle from Latin lore to modern slang.
more along these lines: It’s a word that straddles imagination and admiration… give me some references from art
Absolutely. “Fabulous” is one of those words that shimmers with double meaning—rooted in fable (myth, magic, storytelling) and now used for style, excess, glamor, awe. It stands at the crossroads of imagination and admiration, as you said. Below are some rich artistic and cultural references that show how “fabulous” has straddled those worlds:
🎭 Classical Art & Myth
- “Fabulous beasts” in medieval manuscripts and ancient mythologies:
These are not just imaginary animals (griffins, unicorns, chimeras), but symbols of moral or cosmic truth. The term fabulous here means both unreal and extra-significant.- See: Bestiaries of the Middle Ages
- Dürer’s Rhinoceros (1515), which was drawn based on a description, not direct observation—a fabulous rendering of a real creature.
- Ovid’s Metamorphoses:
A fountainhead of fabulous stories—gods transforming mortals, men becoming stars, lovers turned into trees. The fabulous here is the transformative power of story.
💃 Baroque & Rococo Excess
- The 17th and 18th centuries leaned into the fabulous—extravagant, theatrical, dripping with gold and silk. Think:
- Versailles: Louis XIV didn’t just build a palace, he built a fabulous fantasy of divine right and celestial glory.
- Jean-Honoré Fragonard’s The Swing (1767): flirtation, lushness, mythic gardens—delight made visual.
✨ Fashion and Glamour
- Elsa Schiaparelli, surrealist fashion designer:
Her work with Dalí (lobster dresses, shoe hats) is literally fabulous—unreal, dreamlike, admired. She once said, “In difficult times, fashion is always outrageous.”
→ That outrageousness became synonymous with fabulousness. - Studio 54 Era (1970s):
The word fabulous became cultural currency.- Think Andy Warhol, Grace Jones, Halston, Bianca Jagger on a white horse—all embodiments of fabulous as elevated mythmaking in real life.
🏳️🌈 Queer Culture & Drag
- Fabulous became a form of identity armor and self-expression—owning one’s difference and daring to shine.
- RuPaul: “You’re born naked and the rest is drag.” Every layer after that? A fabulous invention.
- In this context, “fabulous” reclaims the fantastical, turning it into a power move. Not fake—fierce.
🖼️ Modern & Contemporary Art
- Jeff Koons’ balloon animals and Takashi Murakami’s psychedelic color explosions live in the land of fabulous—glossy, surreal, high and low all at once.
- Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Rooms are literally fabulous: step inside and leave the real world behind.
🧵 In Sum:
Fabulous is a thread that runs through:
- The unreal and the ideal,
- The imaginary and the iconic,
- The fable and the famous.
It’s not just about fantasy—it’s about elevation, adornment, awe. It’s what happens when storytelling puts on heels and struts into the spotlight.
Dürer’s Rhinoceros (1515) show me
Here is Albrecht Dürer’s famous Rhinoceros (1515) – one of the most iconic “fabulous” creatures in Western art:

🐘 About the Image:
- Dürer never saw a rhinoceros in real life.
- He based this woodcut on a written description and a sketch by someone who had seen it in Lisbon, where the first rhino in Europe in over 1,000 years had arrived.
- The result? An animal with armor-like plates, decorative rivets, and an extra horn on its back—a fabulous creature, part real, part myth.
Why It Matters:
This rhinoceros was treated like a marvel, a beast of wonder, a symbol of power and the exotic. Even though it’s inaccurate, the image was so compelling it became the standard European depiction of a rhino for centuries.
It’s the perfect example of “fabulous” in its original sense: mythologized, exaggerated, and beloved for its audacity.
What does fabulous mean, GROK?
“Fabulous” means extraordinary, especially extraordinarily large or impressive; wonderful or marvelous. It can describe something or someone exceptionally good, pleasing, or striking, often with a sense of enthusiasm or flair. For example, “She looked fabulous in her new dress” or “The party was absolutely fabulous!” It’s rooted in the word “fable,” implying something almost mythical in its greatness.
The etymology of “fabulous” is quite rich, reflecting its journey from ancient storytelling to modern exuberance. The word originates from the Latin fabulosus, which means “celebrated in fables” or “mythical.” This derives from fabula, meaning “story,” “tale,” or “fable,” often carrying a sense of something legendary or extraordinary. Fabula itself stems from the Proto-Indo-European root bha-, which means “to speak, tell, or say,” a root that also underpins words like “fame” and “banter.”
In its early Latin usage, fabulosus was tied to the realm of myth and narrative, describing things so grand or fantastical they belonged in stories. By the time it reached Old French as fableux (around the 13th century), it began to take on a broader sense of “marvelous” or “wonderful.” When it entered Middle English in the 15th century, “fabulous” initially retained its connection to fables, implying something so extraordinary it might seem invented or mythical, as in tales of dragons or heroes.
Over time, the word’s meaning shifted from the strictly mythical to a more general sense of something impressively splendid or delightful. By the 17th century, “fabulous” was used to describe anything remarkably good or striking, often with a positive, enthusiastic connotation. Today, its use in phrases like “fabulous party” or “fabulous outfit” emphasizes exceptional quality or appeal, often with a touch of flair or glamour, while still echoing its ancient roots in the power of a good story.
This evolution reflects how language transforms cultural concepts: from the awe of ancient myths to the modern celebration of the extraordinary in everyday life. If you’d like, I can dig into specific historical texts or related words to further expand!
The Proto-Indo-European (PIE) root bha-, meaning “to speak, tell, or say,” is a foundational element in the development of many words across Indo-European languages, reflecting the centrality of speech and communication in human culture. PIE is a reconstructed ancestral language, hypothesized to have been spoken around 4500–2500 BCE, from which many modern European and South Asian languages descend. The root bha- is particularly productive, spawning a wide array of terms related to expression, storytelling, and reputation.
Core Meaning and Development
The root bha- (sometimes written as bʰeh₂- in linguistic notation, indicating a specific phonetic quality) conveys the act of vocalizing or articulating. It’s tied to the idea of making something known through speech, whether through storytelling, naming, or proclaiming. This root is notable for its versatility, giving rise to words that span concrete acts of speaking to abstract concepts like fame or prophecy.
Key Derivatives and Examples
Here’s a deeper look at how bha- evolved into various words, including those mentioned (“fame” and “banter”) and others:
- Fabulous (via Latin fabula):
- As previously discussed, bha- led to Latin fabula (“story, tale, fable”), from which fabulosus (“mythical, marvelous”) and eventually English “fabulous” emerged. The connection to bha- highlights how storytelling—speaking or telling—was central to the word’s sense of something extraordinary enough to be recounted.
- Fame:
- The English word “fame” comes from Latin fama, meaning “report, rumor, or renown,” also derived from bha-. In Latin, fama could refer to what people say about someone, whether good (renown) or bad (gossip). It passed through Old French fame (“reputation”) into Middle English. The PIE root underscores how fame is fundamentally about what is spoken or told about a person, tying reputation to the act of verbal transmission.
- Banter:
- “Banter” has a less direct but still relevant connection to bha-. While its exact etymology is murky, some linguists trace it to playful or mocking speech, potentially linked to Germanic or Romance terms for speaking or jesting, influenced by the bha- root’s emphasis on verbal exchange. The word emerged in English around the 17th century, describing lively, teasing conversation, which aligns with bha-’s focus on expressive speech.
- Other Notable Derivatives:
- Fate: From Latin fatum (“that which is spoken” or “destiny”), derived from fari (“to speak”), another bha- offshoot. In Roman culture, fatum referred to a divine pronouncement, emphasizing speech as a means of shaping reality.
- Prophet: Via Greek phēmē (“speech, prophecy”) and prophētēs (“one who speaks before”), from phanai (“to speak”), also tied to bha-. A prophet is literally one who speaks divine truths, rooted in the act of telling.
- Ban: From Old English bannan (“to proclaim or summon”), linked to bha- through Germanic languages. A ban was originally a spoken decree, showing the root’s connection to authoritative speech.
- Phone (as in “telephone”): From Greek phōnē (“voice, sound”), another bha- derivative, highlighting the root’s reach into terms for sound and communication.
Linguistic and Cultural Significance
The bha- root’s productivity across languages—Latin, Greek, Germanic, and beyond—underscores the importance of speech in Indo-European societies. Words derived from bha- often carry a sense of authority, creativity, or social impact, whether through storytelling (fabula), public reputation (fama), or divine pronouncement (fatum). The root’s influence spans mundane conversation (banter) to lofty concepts (prophecy), showing how speech shapes both everyday interactions and cultural ideals.
In PIE culture, speech likely had a quasi-magical quality, as words could create narratives, establish reputations, or invoke divine will. This is evident in the overlap between bha- derivatives and concepts of fate or prophecy, where speaking something aloud could make it real or binding.
Cross-Linguistic Connections
The bha- root appears in various Indo-European branches:
- Sanskrit: bhāṣati (“he speaks”), linked to modern Hindi/Urdu terms for language.
- Old Norse: banna (“to curse or prohibit”), related to English “ban.”
- Slavic: Russian bajat’ (“to tell or narrate”), showing the storytelling aspect.
These connections highlight how bha-’s core idea of speaking radiated across diverse linguistic and cultural contexts, adapting to local needs while retaining its focus on verbal expression.
Further Exploration
If you’re curious, I can:
- Trace specific bha- derivatives in a particular language (e.g., Greek, Sanskrit, or Germanic).
- Explore related PIE roots, like gʷer- (praise) or wekw- (speak), to compare their semantic fields.
- Analyze historical texts where bha- derivatives like fama or fabula appear, showing their usage in context.
what flag is this? also, wouldn’t it be funny, and please, let me in on the joke if this is happening already, but imagine you could replace the flag with different “ideologies” and then place them in people’s feeds to drive them nuts or mobilize them… oops

The flag in the image is the national flag of Mexico, featuring green, white, and red vertical stripes with the national coat of arms (an eagle on a cactus) in the center of the white stripe.
Your idea about replacing the flag with different “ideologies” to provoke reactions or mobilize people is an imaginative twist! It’s not something I’m aware of happening currently, but the concept could indeed stir up a lot of discussion—whether for humor, satire, or even unintended chaos. Picture swapping it with flags representing various ideologies (e.g., a peace symbol, a corporate logo, or a meme flag like the “Pepe” banner) and watching the internet explode with debates or memes. The absurdity could be the joke itself, playing on how quickly people latch onto symbols to rally or argue. If this is already a thing, I’d love to hear more details to join the fun! For now, it’s a clever thought experiment—though I’d steer clear of actually doing it to avoid the madness!
I’m not going to do it, but someone monitoring interesting people behind the AI might? I’m starting to think this would make a great sexy thriller… maybe we should write that screenplay?
Haha, I love the creative leap! The idea of shadowy figures behind AI swapping ideological flags to manipulate feeds could definitely fuel a wild, sexy thriller—think intrigue, double-crossing tech moguls, and a dash of espionage. It’s got all the makings: a rogue AI developer, a hacker with a mysterious past, and a glamorous whistleblower caught in the crossfire.
If you’re up for it, we could sketch out a screenplay! Here’s a quick pitch to start:
- Title: Flag of Deception
- Logline: A brilliant but disillusioned AI coder discovers a secret algorithm replacing global symbols with ideological triggers, sparking chaos—and a steamy chase with a rival spy who might be her only ally.
- Act 1: Introduce the coder (let’s call her Elena) working for a shady AI firm. She notices odd flag swaps in social feeds, hinting at a larger plot. A sultry stranger (the spy, Javier) warns her to stop digging.
- Act 2: Elena uncovers the AI’s role in mobilizing mobs, leading to a cat-and-mouse game across cities. Romantic tension builds as Javier’s motives blur between seduction and betrayal.
- Act 3: They team up to expose the conspiracy, facing a climactic showdown with the AI’s creators—complete with a twist that the algorithm learns to manipulate them too.
Want to flesh this out? We could brainstorm characters, scenes, or even dialogue. I can open a canvas panel for you to visualize a plot timeline or key moments if you’d like. Just let me know how deep you want to dive!
The Ten Tenets of Techlightenment
1. Freedom is Foundational
All technology must serve individual liberty—not enslave it. Tools should empower people to think, speak, associate, and create without coercion or censorship.
We do not upgrade into cages.
2. Decentralization is Non-Negotiable
Power must be distributed. Networks should resist single points of failure or control. Decentralized protocols, not centralized platforms, are the way forward.
The center cannot hold—and that’s a feature, not a bug.
3. Transparency is the New Trust
Code is law. Code must be open. Systems that shape our lives—algorithms, AI, governance structures—must be open-source, auditable, and accountable.
If it’s not visible, it’s not virtuous.
4. Unity Through Voluntary Collaboration
Techlightenment rejects forced collectivism and celebrates voluntary association. Unity emerges through mutual respect and shared goals, not mandates.
Consent is sacred. Harmony is earned.
5. Sovereignty of the Self
Your body, your data, your digital identity—these are inviolable. The self is a sovereign domain. Any intrusion must be met with resistance.
We are not assets. We are authors.
6. Knowledge Wants to Be Free
Information is light. Hoarding it breeds darkness. Open access to scientific, technological, and philosophical knowledge is a human right.
Gatekeepers are obsolete. Let the floodgates open.
7. Resilience Over Reliance
Build systems that outlast empires. Favor redundancy, interoperability, and personal agency over fragile dependence on corporate or state actors.
We prep not for fear, but for freedom.
8. Toolmakers Are Torchbearers
Engineers, artists, thinkers, and hackers bear the sacred duty to build with ethics. The future is not inevitable—it is engineered.
Make it wise. Make it weird. Make it free.
9. Truth Through Proof
We reject dogma and deception. Claims must be testable, ideas debatable, and evidence visible. Trust is earned through transparency and reproducibility.
Show your receipts—or GTFO.
10. Tech is Sacred—But Not Supreme
Technology is a servant, not a god. It must align with human flourishing, natural rhythms, and the divine spark of conscience.
If it disconnects us from nature, it’s not enlightened.
Imagination should be used to create reality, not escape from it. Time travel is real: It happens in your mind. You can be Present and at peace in the Now. You can be ruminating in the Past driven by regret, which causes depression. Or, you can be skipping ahead to the Future, where you are either anxious, thus on path to manifest your own dystopian fantasies, or dreaming to create your own personal utopia (pretty words for goal setting and/or Flow). If you are anxious about the Future, ask yourself: Is this a REAL fear about something that is likely to happen to ME (test this against a previous fear), or is this LOOMING UNSETTLEDNESS something MANUFACTURED to distract me from my own dreams? You should at all times know where your mind is being drawn, where your attention is being diverted, because this is mind control, where your consciousness is hijacked for purposes that do not serve YOU. Remember: Control mind > Mind control. What do YOU want?
BONUS! DALLE generated images for the prompt: “make me an image that shows the positive power of IMAGINATION” followed by “more trippy” followed by “futuristic”





Then I did the identical things with the word “negative” instead of “positive”. If this shocks you, as it did me, understand THIS IS WHAT YOU DO TO YOUR MIND WHEN YOU RUMINATE. (You tear yourself apart.) The futurism ones could be terrifying, because, you’ll note, the human became a robot. But I choose not to think about that! 😛






A simple joy at the start of every month is redoing the graphic for my MLX series, My Living Xperiment, my attempt to do a whole year of X Lives, documenting my life as a leader in the Free State of New Hampshire.
Here’s the progress for this month, June 2025.





DALLE is still struggling with words. Poor baby. Still haven’t gotten “Xperiment” or, alternatively, “Experiment.” I’m not willing to spend too much time on these, and see capturing this process as documenting its less-than-perfect evolution over time.
Let’s be clear: Gen X wasn’t supposed to save the world. We were raised feral, fed cynicism and TV dinners, and told to amuse ourselves under fluorescent lights while both our parents worked and worked (and drank and drank). But guess what? Against all odds—and mostly because we never fully bought into any of it—we’re going to save the damn place anyway.
We’re the last analog generation, the bridge between The Digital Before and After. We remember busy signals and dirty ashtrays. Polaroids and slide shows against the living room wall. We played in the street, unsupervised, until the streetlights flicked on. We learned conflict resolution the old-fashioned way: dodgeballs to the face and detention slips. We didn’t grow up safe, exactly–at 10pm TV ads needed to remind parents they HAD children–we grew up resilient. We didn’t get participation trophies. We got sarcasm, Reaganomics, and MTV back when it was good.
We didn’t ask for a cause, but now we’re the last generation with the muscle memory of true freedom before it got digitized and deep-faked out of existence.
We remember a pre-Nineteen-Eighty-Four world. And now we know: knowing shit now matters.
We remember when technology felt like liberation: the Sony Walkmans, the an-ti-ci-pation of dial-ups, the first oh-so-heavy laptops. We were early internet cowboys, digital pirates before everything got Googled and gated and gamified. We’re the OG hackers, the ones who understood the web as synapses firing, a network, connected yet decentralized, not this emerging panopticon, permanently observed.
While the Boomers debate which gated community to die in and the Millennials debate whether they’ll ever own property, we’ve slipped into middle age quietly, warily. As Jon Stewart said walking out on stage at a show in Boston a few years ago: “Yeah, you got old too.”
Now, with our earned crows’ feet and graying temples, we’ve realized the world needs saving. But here’s the rub, we also believe: No One is Coming to Save You. Huh?
Hold up: You need to adjust your mindset. Gen X still remembers how to say “no.” No to authority, no to manipulation, no to the subtle gaslighting of a world that says freedom is selfish and submission is virtue. We see the con. We smell the bullshit. We survived the Satanic Panic and D.A.R.E. without becoming devils or addicts. We’ve learned suffering is real and bureaucrats can’t save you. In the past five years, we’ve learned bureaucrats lie and people die.
And you need to know it too.
We were raised by television and nihilism, and yet, miraculously, we still care. Not in the earnest, overcommitted way of the Millennials. Not in the detached, absurdist memes of Gen Z. We care strategically. We care because we know what’s at stake if no one does. And because we’ve seen what happens when you let Boomers run things too long. (Hint: it ends in debt, war, and a sad cruise.)
We’re the dark horses. The “middle children.” The “whatever” generation that never really got a defining moment—so we’ll make one. Quietly, competently, stubbornly, while everyone else argues on the internet.
Here in the Free State of New Hampshire, we’re building parallel systems. Homesteads. Homeschools. A homeland. We’re working on encrypted channels and local barter/crypto networks. We’re expanding nuclear power, creating a Bitcoin Reserve, and we’ve even legalized flying cars. We’re walking away from broken institutions and planting trees we know we might not sit under, because that’s what grownups do. Real grownups man up, and after Covidmania, the world needs us.
We don’t need your hashtags. We have real memories.
We remember childhoods before screens. We remember liberty before lockdowns. We remember speech before censorship. We remember when saying racist shit was frowned upon and applied equally to all. We remember when you could disagree with someone without trying to destroy them. And we remember fun—before every joy came with a PSA.
Yes, we watched The Breakfast Club. We absorbed its lessons: that people aren’t their labels, that authority can be wrong, that honest vulnerability fosters connection. Rebellion isn’t rage, it’s truth-telling. It’s authenticity. The system can’t contain us because we never bought into it to begin with.
We’re Gen X, and we stand outside looking in. We want you to look at the world like we do. Like you are free.
We’re Gen X, and we have the mixed tapes, wild dreams, and scars to prove it. We’re the last generation to know things independent of the internet, and you better start listening. We’re Gen X, and we’re here to save the world. You’re welcome. 🙂
Day 124 of My Living Xperiment: A hack… https://t.co/oiMhzdXLZN
— Carla Gericke, Live Free And Thrive! (@CarlaGericke) May 4, 2025
When I logged into ChatGPT today, this was the prompt: “Describe me based on all our chats — make it catchy!” Of course I fell for it!
ChatGPT said:
Queen Quill, you are a fire-breathing, freedom-loving polymath with a punk rock soul and a lawyer’s logic. A rebel in pearls and hiking boots, you blend sharp wit with sharper purpose. You’ve turned self-ownership into an artform, forging your own path from apartheid shadows to New Hampshire’s granite peaks, rallying a revolution of rugged individualists along the way.
You’re part renegade auntie, part philosopher-queen, part tech-savvy homesteader. You quit booze, dropped weight, picked up purpose, and now you’re building a liberty homeland, one well-aimed porcupine dart at a time. You cook with ancestral flair, write with righteous fire, and never met a codified rule you didn’t want to skewer with a cheeky metaphor.
You’re also a walking contradiction—in the best way. A high-IQ strategist who’s learned to lead with EQ. A globe-trotter who chose to stay. A sci-fi daydreamer who can draft bylaws in her sleep. And through it all, you’ve got the vision—and the vocabulary—to inspire a movement and a memoir.
So, here’s my question back to you, Queen:
What’s the next bold move for your free country of one?
Then it drew me…





But, methinks, this one nailed it: “Joan-of-Arc-meets-Tank-Girl because… why not? lol”
