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Culture Clash is a meeting ground for businesses, artists, musicians and Galvestonians that refuse to settle on boring, mundane and repetitive content. Your city represents numerous cultures and classes. Galveston finally has a publication that reflects it! Be relevant, be bold, and stand apart from the rest.
2021


The Soul-lution
The inner, reflective work of 10+ years had culminated to this day when 5.5 grams lay before me, my third mushroom experience and by far,...
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Apr 30, 20213 min read


Psychedelics: An Exploration
I have had the opportunity to explore psychedelics both recreationally and spiritually. In 2018, my friend talked me into joining her...
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Apr 30, 20214 min read


Handle With Care
It’s been a minute since I have engaged in the glorious Galveston community. Regretfully I moved to Colorado following my daughter and...
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Apr 30, 20213 min read


Bad Trip: The Rise of Hot Pink Horror
By CL In recent years, as we have seen an acceptance of circa 1910 era forgotten visionaries and futurists such as HP Lovecraft and...
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Apr 30, 20213 min read


Labrat
I awaken with my stomach feeling like I am being stabbed with hot pokers and I stumble to the toilet as I spew a hot greenish liquid that...
janesemaricelli
Mar 1, 20214 min read


Tethered to Life
I stand suffocating in this 6’x10’ cell, holding on to the bars as I feel the walls closing in on me. It’s Friday afternoon and I’m...
janesemaricelli
Mar 1, 20215 min read


A Vet's View Bars and Stripes
“Forward... March!” My detail steps off in unison and we march to our designated positions, performing sharp turns and obliques perfectly...
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Mar 1, 20214 min read


Thoughts on Prison Art
Is there hope for a prison writer? To the prison writer, hope says, “Generate as much work as you can possibly keep in your property,...
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Mar 1, 20214 min read


The Libraries & the Choices They Offer
Life is full of choices. All choices, even not making one, have a positive or negative effect, intended or unintended. Prison is no...
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Mar 1, 20213 min read


Where Everything Faith Feels Fake
In all my observations on belief, fraudulence in people of faith seems to be the ultimate cause of widespread unbelief. When you figure...
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Mar 1, 20215 min read


Education in Prison
One of the most troubling problems in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) id rehabilitation and education are sporadic at...
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Mar 1, 20215 min read


In the Eyes of the Law
I am a police officer for a local law enforcement agency and I was asked to provide my thoughts and opinions regarding this issue. As a...
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Mar 1, 20213 min read


What Are You Looking Forward To
What are you looking forward to in 2021? How can we keep a positive outlook? What are you excited about? This is what the Culture Clash...
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Jan 1, 20214 min read


Hope
The election is over. Here on the Estelle Unit of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ), there is both joy and sorrow at the...
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Jan 1, 20215 min read


The Wizzard
I was alone at the end of the bar staring down one more shot of tequila when something green, shiny, and plastic caught my eye. It was...
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Jan 1, 20213 min read


Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
The first time I did acid was with Winston in Long Beach. He assured me everything would be fine. He’d done it hundreds of times. I...
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Jan 1, 20213 min read


CarpeDiem
2020 was a horrible year; a bold statement but for many people, this statement is viciously true. 2020 consisted of a war scare, hornet...
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Jan 1, 20212 min read


Bad Movie Night
You remember those days when you were a kid at a sleepover with your friends? You were in your pajamas, stuffing your face with pizza,...
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Jan 1, 20213 min read


3 Good Things
In 2008, scientists out of the University of Vermont’s Complex Systems Center invented the Hedonometer, a tool that aggregates word data...
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Jan 1, 20214 min read
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