O P E N I N G AC T Words by Daniel Cochrane
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Obst acle s c a n c ome in ma ny shape s a nd forms. Ment a l. Physic a l. Rea l. Ima gined. Ma ny times we a llow our bounda ries to be a nchored by what we have been told is possible. C onvent iona l w isdom. Herd t hou g ht m e n t a l i t y t h a t's t a k e n a s f a c t . T h e r e a r e a f e w w h o b r e a k f r e e o f t h e s e c h a i n s a n d a s k "w h y n o t ? "; O r, m o r e i m p o r t a n t l y, t h e y d o n't e v e n a s k t h e q u e s t i o n b u t m e r e l y p u s h t h r o u g h t h e b a r r i e r s . P r i n t's d e a d , t h e n u m b e r s s a y s o , y e t h e r e i t i s Vo l . 13 . S u r e i t's n o t g e t t i n g a n y e a s i e r, b u t t h a t i s n't t o s a y w e c a n't o v e r c o m e t h e o b s t a c l e s . S n o w a n d s k a t e ? It's s t i l l h e r e but w it h a bit of a d i f ferent t a ke. T he y say socia l med ia k i l led print, but we ju st took it a s a tool to cre ate a n e w v e r s i o n o f o u r s e l v e s . Tw o d e c a d e s a g o t h i s o l l i e b y S h y l i o S w e a t f r o m p h o t o g r a p h e r We s t o n C o l t o n w o u l d have seemed impossible, yet bounda ries have been pu shed, ba rriers were broken, a nd progress made. Five yea rs ago they sa id we were dead, but we kept pushing. Yo u k e e p p u s h i n g t o o .
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