Vajra Visions - Art & Allegory

02/18/2026

Happy Lunar New Year! 🧧 🐎 🔥

From my family to yours, Gung Hay Fat Choy! May protection surround you, and good fortune bless you as you navigate the lessons of the fire horse. Much love to you, our One Family. xShannon

01/13/2026

"Takin' It To The Streets" 🗽

You don't know me but I'm your brother
I was raised here in this living hell
You don't know my kind in your world
Fairly soon the time will tell
You, telling me the things you're gonna do for me
I ain't blind and I don't like what I think I see
Takin' it to the streets
Takin' it to the streets
Takin' it to the streets
Takin' it to the streets

Take this message to my brother
You will find him everywhere
Wherever people live together
Tied in poverty's despair
You, telling me the things you're gonna do for me
I ain't blind and I don't like what I think I see

Takin' it to the streets
Takin' it to the streets
Takin' it to the streets
Takin' it to the streets

Official audio for The Doobie Brothers - "Takin' It To The Streets" from 'Takin' It To The Streets' (1976)Listen to The Doobie Brothers’ latest release here ...

01/01/2026

Happy New Fire Horse Year! 🐎 🔥 🎆🎊

https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/recaps/the-year-of-the-fire-horse-2026-what-this-powerful-year-really-means/ar-AA1Taing

12/29/2025

Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 2 - Earth 🏔️ 🌊 🔥 🌪️

12/29/2025

It takes immense courage and integrity to accept accountability and take a stand against a cult you were once a part of. I have huge respect for anyone who has lived in darkness and overcome it. 🙏🏻

A Mighty Girl's 2025 Profile in Courage: In a powerful act of conscience, former Trump supporter Pamela Hemphill formally rejected the presidential pardon granted to her for her participation in the January 6th Capitol riot. "The pardons just contribute to their narrative, which is all lies, propaganda. We were guilty, period," the 72-year-old Hemphill said from her home in Idaho. Her principled stance stands in stark contrast to the more than 1,500 other January 6th defendants who eagerly accepted clemency from the Trump administration, even those who assaulted police officers while attacking and ransacking the U.S. Capitol.

In 2021, Hemphill flew from Idaho to Washington D.C. to support Trump's effort to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. Prosecutors said she pushed through police lines three different times as the crowd grew increasingly violent, encouraged fellow rioters to push their way inside the building, and was later seen inside the Capitol Rotunda. Court documents show she had posted on social media before the event, writing "it's a WAR!" and that she was on her way to Washington. Hemphill pleaded guilty in January 2022 to a count of unlawful parading and was sentenced later that year to a term that included three years of probation. She served 60 days in jail, received 36 months of probation, and was ordered to pay $500 in restitution.

Hemphill's journey to rejecting Trump began with her growing awareness of how she had been manipulated. "I didn't realize that brainwashing was happening with Trump in 2016," she said in an August 2024 interview. "This is how [my family] would talk to me. 'Pam, you know, the Democrats... are trying to take over. They're getting more aggressive.' I tend to believe them. You know, I wasn't doing my own research." Hemphill admitted that Trump's rhetoric on immigration and border security initially attracted her support. Her time in jail led to serious reflection about her actions.

After her release, she began spending time in online groups with other January 6 participants, where she realized "how much disinformation was being spread and how difficult it was to combat falsehoods with the truth." Now, she says, her participation in January 6th is "like a scar that I have to carry for the rest of my life... It's gonna be that shame(ful) feeling," leading her to forever regret that she was "a part of that craziness, that cult."

The cost of Hemphill's moral stand has been considerable. She has received death threats since breaking with MAGA and faced persistent online harassment. Her choice to speak up hasn't been easy, and she's had to move residences because the movement she once supported has turned against her.

"I'm not going to be bullied by MAGA anymore," she wrote on social media, noting that Trump supporters have allegedly gone so far as to call her probation officer trying to get her "in trouble" in the wake of her media appearances condemning the riot. Despite these challenges, Hemphill remains committed to honesty about what happened on January 6th, describing it as "the worst day in our history."

Yet her stand has also drawn unexpected support. Former Vice President Mike Pence -- who was inside the Capitol on January 6th when rioters chanted "Hang Mike Pence" and whom Trump criticized for certifying the election results -- wrote Hemphill a letter in June expressing admiration for her decision to reject the pardon.

In an era when so many have chosen partisan loyalty over truth, Hemphill's example offers a reminder that accountability begins with oneself. Out of more than 1,500 pardoned defendants, only two have rejected clemency out of conscience: Hemphill and Navy veteran Jason Riddle of New Hampshire. It's proof that accountability can still prevail over complicity.

Kudos to Pamela Hemphill for her courage and integrity!

To inspire children and teens with stories of real-life girls and women who stood up for truth and justice throughout history, visit our blog post, "Dissent Is Patriotic: 50 Books About Women Who Fought for Change," at https://www.amightygirl.com/blog?p=14364

For an excellent book for kids about the events of January 6th and the importance of respecting the electoral process, we recommend "Losing is Democratic: How to Talk to Kids About January 6th" for ages 7 and up at https://bookshop.org/a/8011/9798989493449 (Bookshop) and https://amzn.to/4e6KFbB (Amazon)

For powerful books for tweens and teens about girls living in real-life oppressive societies throughout history where rulers didn't respect the rule of law, visit our blog post "The Fragility of Freedom: Mighty Girl Books About Life Under Authoritarianism" at https://www.amightygirl.com/blog?p=32426

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Thanks to Global News for sharing this image!

12/18/2025

Looking forward to Seasons 2 & 3 of Avatar The Last Airbender! 🏔️ 🌊 🔥 🌪️

Toph has arrived. Avatar: The Last Airbender returns in 2026.

11/27/2025

Happy Truthsgiving!

11/18/2025

Artist Adi Granov’s masterpiece epic cover art for Nova. 💫

Cover for Nova #1.

11/18/2025

I’ve been wondering about Avatar The Last Airbender season 2 — filming wrapped a few months ago and they already started production of season 3.

Season 2 of Avatar: The Last Airbender is wrapped. Onto season 3! on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81023596About Netflix:Netfl...

10/19/2025

Yesterday’s No Kings Rallies across the country, were the largest peaceful protest in American History. 🗽
There were numerous other No Kings rallies in other countries around the world in support of this historic event. 🙏🏻🌎🌍🌏

October 18, 2025 (Saturday)

Today, millions of Americans and their allies turned out across the United States and around the globe to demonstrate their commitment to American democracy and their opposition to a president and an administration apparently bent on replacing that democracy with a dictatorship.

Administration loyalists tried to claim the No Kings protests would be “hate America” rallies of “the pro-Hamas wing and Antifa people.” Texas governor Greg Abbott deployed the Texas National Guard ahead of the No Kings Day protests, warning that “[v]iolence and destruction will never be tolerated in Texas.”

In fact, protesters turned out waving American flags and wearing frog and unicorn and banana costumes and carrying homemade signs that demanded the release of the Epstein files and defended Lady Liberty. They laughed and danced and took selfies and sang. City police departments, including those of New York City, San Diego, and Washington, D.C., said they had made no protest-related arrests.

In Oakland, California, Mother Jones senior editor Michael Mechanic interviewed a man named Justin, asking him if, as a Black man, he had particular concerns about the actions of the Trump administration.

Justin answered: “You know…a lot of times I have a hopeless feeling, but…being out here today just reminds me about the beauty of America and American protests. And, you know, the fact that they tried to…stomp on this, step on this, you know, say it’s non-American, because that’s what I've been reading a lot about. No, this is the point of America right here: to be able to have this opportunity to protest…. [This] does not look like Antifa, Hamas, none of this stuff that they’re talking about…. [Y]ou know, this is the beauty of America.”

The No Kings demonstrations ran the gamut from hundreds of thousands of protesters in large, blue cities, to smaller crowds in small towns in Republican-dominated states. Together, they demonstrate that the administration’s claims to popularity are a lie. Such a high turnout means businesses and institutions that thought they must cater to the administration to appeal to a majority of Americans will be forced to recalculate.

And the protests showed that Americans care fervently about democracy.

Today, millions of Americans and their allies turned out across the United States and around the globe to demonstrate their commitment to American democracy and their opposition to a president and an administration apparently bent on replacing democracy with a dictatorship.

[Photo, “History has its eyes on U.S.” anonymous photographer, Boston, Massachusetts, October 18, 2025]

10/16/2025

Sad news - Rest In Power Ace Frehley! 🙏🏻😢 🎸 💫 ✨

Provided to YouTube by Universal Music GroupFractured Mirror · Ace FrehleyKiss: Ace Frehley℗ 1978 UMG Recordings, Inc.Released on: 1978-01-01Producer: Eddie ...