Category Archives: transcendence

The Transition of Sinéad O’Connor, Amid ‘Dangerous Days’

Posted on July 31, 2023 by jamilah

(Note: This post discusses abuse, suicide, rape and mental health struggles) The day after learning of the passing of Shuhada’ Sadaqat (also named Magda Davitt, but best known as Sinéad O’Connor), i had a mental health breakdown of inescapable intrusive … Continue reading →

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Baba Pharoah Sanders Has Met The Ancestors…

Posted on September 29, 2022 by jamilah

September 24, 2022. Central Park East. As i rolled through the mini tunnel i said to myself, ‘Pharoah Sanders played in this tunnel,’ and i smiled. While i definitely got my tunnels wrong (the one he played in was in … Continue reading →

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A Eulogy For A Lost Limb (Or, What Metallica Has Taught Me about Death)

Posted on August 30, 2021 by jamilah

(Warning: The following content includes mention and/or descriptions of sexual, emotional and physical violence, abuse, suicide, depression and homophobia. There are also film spoilers. If you in any way plan to see said films, please skip those sections. Also, there … Continue reading →

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Happy Michael Day!!!

Posted on August 30, 2018 by jamilah

By the time this gets posted it will be the 30th of August.  The 29th is Michael day (in which of course he would have been 60 had he still been on earth), and it was a simple day… i … Continue reading →

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It just hit me that Aretha Franklin is gone..

Posted on August 20, 2018 by jamilah

Three days later, it hit me.  I began to cry, particularly in watching her later performances. The peace i initially felt upon hearing of her transcendence has turned into sadness.  Sometimes grief is inexplicable; we grieve when people we love … Continue reading →

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Why i think Sam Smith disrespected Michael Jackson

Posted on August 14, 2018 by jamilah

There are a few more webisodes i should be posting before this one (you know, just to be a bit more organized with the thing), and other posts i’d love to be writing; but i made this video and wanted … Continue reading →

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Music and We (MJ webisode no. 1): What do you think would have happened after ‘This Is It?’

Posted on January 6, 2018 by jamilah

    (This is also another chapter in the evolution of the book i was writing- people have asked why i stopped writing it after his transition. Not only is there an evolution of sorts in how i view Michael, … Continue reading →

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More reflections on ‘Searching For Neverland’

Posted on May 31, 2017 by jamilah

i made the above video, documenting my initial feelings around the creation of this docu-drama based on teacher Michael’s life.  While my feelings have not changed (i still refuse to see it), after i made the video i began to … Continue reading →

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A strange peace came over me…

Posted on April 19, 2017 by jamilah

“There are people dying…” As i am in the middle of doing some seasonal cleaning, i turn up the volume of Heal The World– it’s a song i go to when i look for that peaceful space, musically.  It’s the … Continue reading →

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Rest Well, Rainbow Child: On Prince Rogers Nelson

Posted on June 14, 2016 by jamilah

(So many of our great Master Teachers are leaving this plane in recent years. This year in particular has been hard. I had begun writing this piece pretty soon after Prince’s transition, and as I was in the midst of … Continue reading →

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