Welcome to my monthly updates! I hope you can learn a little bit more about the work that I am doing while I study at Antioch University Seattle/Hawai’i Pacific University
“Unless you are willing to experience new things, you’ll never realize your full potential.”
– Wim Hof
Next Steps:
Change is inevitable. Growth is optional. These are the words I think about every time I hear kaleidoscope.
2025 Kaleidoscope:
Kaleidoscope: Even the sky blushes for your beauty
This year, I want to fall in love with creation again, with the wild, and trembling beauty that blooms when you let go of your fears. I want to court the quiet ideas, cradle them like secrets, and give them the space to breathe, bloom, and burn.
I don’t want to wait for permission or perfection. If I have to, I want to dip my hands into the color of feeling, smearing it across pages, walls, even the sky. All just to prove that I was here and feeling everything. I want to wander through poems like gardens, paint with my pulse, and write like I’m whispering to the girl I miss. Let the world God created serve as my muse. The hush of dusk, the weight of someone’s gaze, the music in laughter, the ache in silence.
Let each moment break open, spilling gold. Let my heart speak in metaphors and madness. This year, I want to make art the way people love. Recklessly, gently, and without apology. Because somewhere deep in me is a fire that refused to go out, and I am ready to let it shine.
Earlier this year, I spent time creating two flower bouquets for the people I care about, and have decided to finally put my hook down on this hobby. I am hoping to start some new creative projects this year. I am hoping to learn how to embroider and use watercolor in new ways. I am continuing to work on my photography skills, and I’m spending more time in different mediums of art this year.
Let this shard of myself be the color pink.
Personal Life Continued:
This month I lost a great friend and mentor, Dennis Hogan. He was there to support me through one of the hardest years of my life in high school. I hope that he can rest in peace knowing how many lives he’s impacted in amazing ways!
I completed one of my first hikes in quiet a while and had the chance to go all the way up to Griffith Observatory which is where I get to have my favorite view of Los Angeles from. I had the chance to start going to the gym and have lost around 14 lbs this month!!!
Also I finished reading book number 11 for the year! Yes, I read quite a lot since the last update. I am also starting to make plans to possibly attend a lantern festival in October and go on a trip to Europe for my birthday this year!
Antioch University Seattle:
I will be withdrawing in August in case my circumstances change in the next few months.
Hawai’i Pacific University:
I have nothing else to add this month, but I am excited to meet my cohort in person in Octoebr!
Special Projects:
Bran Diego Photos – BranDiegoPhotography
BachStreetBoi, AnxieTea Podcast, Instructions Unclear – Postponed
Sweep it Under the Matt – SweepIt_UnderTheMatt
The OTDream Vlog – Welcome to the new vlog!
Thank you for your time, dedication, and service! You can always reach out to me @ bran.m.ramirez@gmail.com
-Brandon Ramirez