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Ji Strangeway
Ji Strangeway
JoinedNovember 30, 2019
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Ji Strangeway is a film director, author, and poet who is driven by the persistent, frenetic pull of the universe. She creates from the margins of gender, orientation, and circumstance. Her stories ride the shoulders of the misunderstood anti-hero, exploring the crash zones between society and self, the physical and the existential. Made in Laos, former resident of New York, Ji's work is an unconventional call to action, her words are for the dreamers and idealists. She lives in Los Angeles. She is starting a dedicated IG and new web site specifically for my cancer journey. Here they are: Instagram: I woke beautifully Website: iwokeupbeautifully.com
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BOX OF LOVE: Every wrong act that a person makes aright transforms humans into gods

Ji Strangeway·February 14, 2020
I grew up in the big city. It had dirt roads. Here, seeing ghosts was more common than seeing cars....
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2019—A HOLE IN MY CALENDAR: Cancer is not a disease, but an opportunity

Ji Strangeway·January 20, 2020
Vanished I became part of the aliens living a surreal life through the lens of the ‘C’ word. Many days...
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PETEY’S YELLOW BIRD: All he wanted was love, and so did we

Ji Strangeway·December 7, 2019
One night, children kept knocking on our door. Superheroes, monsters, a witch, a ghost and Satan—each no taller than four...
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POEMS BY JI STRANGEWAY: Bows, Among the Fields, First, Healer, The Welcoming

Ji Strangeway·November 28, 2017
Bows after midnight i parked at the moon lake while Colorado slept like Sleeping Beauty. undressed my shame sealing scars...
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WHAT MY GRANDMOTHER TAUGHT ME: Love is learning how to be with others

Ji Strangeway·June 5, 2017
My Vietnamese grandmother (Bà ngoai) passed away a couple of weeks ago, on May 20th, to be exact. She was...
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