Spectrum of Spirit: A Digital Sanctuary for Spiritual Discourse and Community

I’ve written similar blogs with similar themes so I won’t harp on this for too long. Life can be overstimulating, lots of noise, a plethora of commentary, angles up the wazoo, etc. I challenge you once again to find the simple, the quiet amidst the signs of awakening, new feats of human brilliance, and the passionate movements towards change going around us.

Recently, I had a call with a friend who had a life changing experience. After hearing the story for two hours, one of his most powerful lines he shared was that “though there is so much going on we don’t understand, I am confident my soul and your soul are good”. I wonder if this observation is the essence of life. Simple as that.

Stripping Simple

The “Divine Feminine” has appeared a lot in my life over the past two to three years, however I think it has always been there in glimpses. Growing up in the church, there would be times where female ministers or church employees would be praised in front of the congregation. The praise would never be for their teaching or intellectual curiosity, however it would pertain to their care for others, especially children, and sometimes relate to fundraising or handling the finances of the organization. During my time working at a religious boarding school, it has been more of the same. However, I think this may be an area in religious institutions that may be oversimplified, the role of women released outside of the realms of nurturing to places of leadership and guidance of the flock. Sahara Rose and Alex Clark are two of the female thought leaders I have come across who speak on cultural and spiritual concepts I am unfamiliar with. I believe these two along with plenty of other women can be given more credit for breaking down and stripping away the roles traditionally set for women within the institutions of our world.

On the Path to PPeace channel, The creator posted a short about the Divine Feminine Awakening and speaks words of wisdom in front of a backdrop of what looks to be a temple¹. From an audio standpoint, there is a song that sounds like a chorus singing together in a solid attempt at harmony². Phrases flash on and off the screen, “You are in a phase of creation…nurture yourself like you nurture others…this is a time where your energy can attract love… naturally”³. The phrases continue, unspoken, “Step into your confidence…don’t shrink yourself to make others comfortable…your presence is magnetic”⁴. “Lead with passion…reconnect with your inner voice…do meditation”⁵.

Common language shows up in Path to PPeace’s short about the Divine Feminine. Nurture yourself and others, don’t shrink yourself to make others comfortable, reconnect with your inner voice, etc. However I believe we can benefit from looking at these phrases as a whole instead of looking at them as individual words of wisdom. The video starts with the narrator stating one is in a phase of creation, and throughout the rest of the verses, the creator outlines what I interpret as different forms of creation. Creation attracts and shows steps of confidence. Creation is magnetic, creation leads with passion, creation can be one’s meditation. Creation can also be nurturing, expanding, and reconnecting. I say all this to say that though historically, we have boxed women into a caretaker/nurturer role, I believe humanity may benefit from empowering women to be creators, stripping down traditional norms, and leading with the simplest of directions: create.

The Beauty of Simple

Anthony Edwards fascinates me in the way his game has matured so much at an incredibly fast rate. After finishing his rookie year in 2021, Anthony has become more than just an explosive finisher, but an adept ball handler not having to rely on cuts to showcase his incredible leaping ability. In the 2022-2023 season, Edwards grew into a serious mid-range threat, using the threat of his drive to rise up from 15-18 feet and drill a jumper against a defense afraid of his ferocious drives. In the 2024 playoffs, Anthony wanted the challenge of guarding one of the wizards in the NBA, Kyrie Irving, while still carrying the Timberwolves as a primary creator on the offensive end, proving he is a 2-way superstar. They say hanging out with Stephen Curry for a summer can change a person, and it did indeed, as Edwards went from a good three point shooter to an elite three point shooter, finishing top 5 in three pointers in the 2024-2025 season. This wasn’t enough however, Anthony Edwards spent the next summer with Michael Jordan, you know the G.O.A.T. and with a refined post game, Anthony Edwards continues to torch the league, a top 5 scorer at the 2026 All-Star break. Ant Man has shown a willingness to attack his perceived weaknesses unashamedly, simplifying his game, working less to get the shots he’s comfortable with.

Swish Cultures posted a short highlighting Anthony Edwards’ night against the Toronto where he finished with 30 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists⁶. The highlights starts with Ant talking to the crowd and finishing a fastbreak slam⁷. The first halfcourt possession, we see Ant sizing up the defender off the dribble, and a pointed finger directed at the defenders top foot⁸. After series of moves, Edwards attacks the top foot downhill, beating the defender, feeling the defense collapse, before stopping, pivoting on his back left foot, to knock down the spin jumper⁹. The next play, Anthony is once again isolating at the top of the key, recognizing a pinching defender, backing up to send his teammate away to give him space to cook¹⁰. Once again, Edwards hits a series of moves, zig zagging till he attacks the elbow where the pinching defender once was, and rises up for another 15 footer¹¹. The last play I will highlight is the third isolation, this time on the right wing¹². Anthony recognizes he can use his strength to get position with a smaller defender, and while being under control, bullies the defender, shrugging them off, to rise up for another mid-range jumper before the help defenders can impact his shot¹³.

Anthony Edwards is not the best playmaker in the world, averaging 3.8 assists per game. However, his instincts and his where-with-all act are fully present, acting as a general on the court rather than to facilitate for his teammates. In the three halfcourt plays, we see Anthony read the defenders, direct his teammates to avoid traffic, and to drive under control with balance and footwork to elevate and knock down heartbreaking jumpers. The highlights noted above don’t show Anthony Edward’s passes, but he has been doing a great job of creating opportunities for what’s called a hockey assist, the pass made that leads to an assist. Ant hasn’t been trying to make the heroic play, but makes the easy play and trusts the next player to make a play. Edwards has been manipulating the defense to conform to what opportunity he wants to create for that position, whether through communication to his teammates or using his strength, speed, and vertical. All Ant’s reps with his teammates, and games played against different coverages, has allowed him to slow the game down, and become one of the five best players in the NBA. Though basketball is just a game, I believe sports can be seen as a simulation of life, and from this simulation, I believe Anthony Edwards can teach us the beauty of keeping things simple, simplifying movement, attacks, passes, and reads in any aspect of life can allow one to flourish into all of one’s potential.

Art and Simplicity

This past week, there was the closest thing we have seen to a “brawl” in the NBA, the Charlotte Hornets and Detroit Pistons being the two adversaries. I have seen quite a few videos from Hornets fans making jokes and addressing their concerns with certain players in the fight. One of the videos captioned their courtside view of the fight should be in a museum. Though it may not be a serious inquiry, I wondered if one might be able to convince or persuade a museum curator to put their video in the film. Would the narrative of the best team in the east versus the hottest team in the league convey enough drama to solidify canonization in a museum. Could the fight of black men with fortunate financial standing during black history month be told as “black athletes squandering their opportunity during a month of celebration”. Is the act of aggression itself enticing enough to showcase for others to engage with, the restrain of humanity revealing the layers of humanity underneath. I may be getting too deep here, and I want to pivot to my point of this section. I don’t believe art has to be complex, does not have to be aggressive, and doesn’t even need to have an impact. It may be more simple.

The Artist Block channel released a video discussing Graffiti Wars and why they are dying¹⁴. The video opens up sharing the Graffiti wars seem to have adapted different roles over time¹⁵. The creator explains Graffiti Wars are when one party, whether an individual or group, goes to extreme lengths to create over another piece of work from an opposing party¹⁶. He continues to propose why he thinks wars felt bigger in the past, because the community was smaller, and it felt like two titans clashing in the community¹⁷. The creator continues, he explains how Graffiti Wars influenced the community, inspired by the beef between two people/groups allowing graffiti mentality to grow in remote areas¹⁸. From here, Graffiti becomes global, filling the graffiti world with white noise, leaving it impossible to keep up with all the different artists¹⁹. Social media has only magnified the white noise, more people on different skill levels get similar attention, drowning out the hype around Graffiti Wars across the globe²⁰.

The creator at The Artist Block expresses the nostalgia he feels towards the old days of Graffiti, when Graffiti was more niche and had a smaller community. He remembers the days when the biggest names in the Graffiti world were battling it out, trying to prove their work is better than the work of their opposition. The power in the pieces weren’t attributed to the feelings one party had for another, but existed within the story between the two parties, the times of union and the times of tension combining to show a story of shared life through Graffiti. The simplicity of knowing the characters involved in the Graffiti War spoke to the audience plainly, allowing the art to be received as a message through lines and colors. I believe this is important to consider in our own storytelling, whether it is a war within ourselves, or a conflict with something outside of oneself, that we lower the impact of antagonistic emotions to simply allow the message to transparently and authentically speak.

Call to Simple

Where do you hold the sacred? Own your spectacle. Engage with street life. Teach and simplify. Wait for that special something. Strip what’s beneath. Observe the beauty on the surface. Find meaning in art. Essentialize your call. Understand rather than assume. Inhale rather than chase. Express rather than elaborate.

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