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Paradise is a state of being, more than just the name of a suburb or a home.

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Even the juncture in history and the zeitgeist we live in is something we choose, setting the scene for the spiritual fodder we need to grow and achie...more

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Come to think of it, maybe God is a He after all, because only a cruel force would create something this beautiful and make it inaccessible to most pe...more

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More than anything, this place feels familiar. I bury my hands in the hot sand and think about the embodiment of memory or, more specifically, our nat...more

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We aren’t encouraged to think for ourselves and ask questions. We are expected to accept what they teach us as infallible truths.

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She looks like an empty shell of a woman with her soul hovering above her. We believe in spiritual guías in Santo Domingo. Hers is her own self. I can...more

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When we illuminate the road back to our ancestors, they have a way of reaching out, of manifesting themselves...sometimes even physically.

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I fall in love with Paraíso. It’s like a giant playground where I’m never scolded for running around recklessly, where I’m almost overwhelmed with the...more

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Hip-hop, this thing we love that loves us back, is our lingua franca.

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This is what I know about my parents. They spent the next several years trying to forget each other, and me.