How Trinity Studies
"In my journey, I've learned that there's an inseparable connection between taking information in, applying the information to grow in my personal life and then creating
art with my new connection to the information. Simply, I like to break the sections down as learning, healing, and creating respectively. Together, they make up what I consider to be true knowledge acquisition. I compare it to
how we chew our food (learning), our stomach digests the food (healing) and then our bodies assimilate the
nutrients to create new cells or tissue (creation). In reality there is no separation or order but all these elements
do have to be present in order for me to acquire knowledge and wisdom in the most optimal way."
Select Quotes:
On Malídoma Patrice Some
"When he was only a boy, Malidoma was taken away from his home, family, and culture...He suffered severely from trauma-induced mental and spiritual illness, which he described as his spirit detaching from his body."
On Navigating Challenges
"The only way for him to restore his psyche was to radically heal. He had to go through the initiatory process of becoming a shaman [an African Indigenous healer]. He had to face a great deal of fear, self-denial, and mental distortion but he emerged in his wholeness as a shaman..."
On Achievements and/or Social Impact
"After Some's initiation, he went on to get three master's degrees and two doctorate degrees. He wrote 3 books documenting his journey and wisdom of Indigenous African spirituality."
"The Healing Wisdom of Africa is a book outlining some of the spiritual and mental ailments that are woven into western society and how the wisdom of indigenous Africans may be
incorporated to heal these illnesses."
On Inspiring
"[Malidoma's] workshops, wisdom, and courses have helped many people in the west heal and see themselves through a new lens....perspective is key."
"I had lived through my mental health issues as if I was tainted. I had taken on the perspective that there was something wrong with me. Traditionally, the western stigma around mental health is exactly that."
"Anyone who deals with mental illness has a choice: either we accept it as a badge of defectiveness or we accept it as an initiation into a new way of existing in the world that best fits who we truly are."
About Trinity
"I am a comic book writer and independent music artist who creates for the mental, emotional and spiritual health of the African Diaspora. I am building a coaching practice to help creative students of life use their creative gifts to heal, educate and live their desired lifestyles. I am what I call a sacred scientist and I love to teach others the importance of sacred science: the balancin act between creativity, education, and healing."
