It’s 6:56am. I woke up, told God thank ya, used the restroom, & decided to start a BLOG, baby. 😅 Ain’t that something?!

This isn’t my first blogging rodeo. I’ve started a blog before, but the reasoning was different. I’m a recovering workaholic & people-pleaser who used to feel as if I had to always be in the thick of DOING something. Some form of project or something productive in order to feel adequate.

This ain’t that.

A few months ago, I had a moment with God. I hadn’t felt like myself & was doing some soul searching in order to get back to me. I realized that I feel most like myself when I’m closest to God. I feel closest to God when I’m in my creative bag.

The issue was that EVERYTHING I was creating at the time was out of necessity or obligation. I won’t go into detail on that, but I will say it was a horrendous space to be in as a creative. Nothing FLOWED. Everything felt forced and nothing was enjoyable. 😣

Long story short, I knew what I had to do — start creating…

…for the sake of art.

I needed to create things that were heart things, not hard things. Not just the good thing, but the GOD thing. I needed to do it from a place of inspiration, not just obligation. But to get back to that, I was going to need some sense of healing first.

So, longer story shorter, I started to heal. I started to face the hard things within myself that fashioned a level of purity in my creativity that could only come from the Lord. I’m still on that journey, of course. It’s ever evolving and never ending. But, I feel like I’m at a place where I want to share this with the world.

Everything I’ve been thinking about. All my musings. All my vulnerability. The things that move me, that grieve me. Where I’m finding my peace, and what’s giving me strength. My joy, and my suffering. All the things.

I’m not sure what this will look like, if I’m honest. I just knew that the short-form, superficial content on Instagram and TikTok wasn’t the proper place for this, so… I came back to TUMBLR! 😆 I wasn’t sure it was even still a thing! Lol I’m not doing it for likes, for comments, for brand deals, or any form of “success.” I won’t be looking at metrics, at numbers. This is for the sake of art. For creativity. For closeness with God. For me. & for you to hopefully enjoy.

Btw, I’m Sheneka Joyner. It’s so nice to meet you! I guess this is my little sacred corner of the internet. I don’t know how on earth you found me, friend, but I’m so glad you’re here.

This is all she wrote.