Think of the challenges and discomfort most of you will go through when it turns out the things you've been taught are a lie and the universe is far, far stranger than it appears. Now imagine trying to do this in your teenage and early adult years. Balancing nature with technology. Philosophy with keeping up to date with the lingo. Dealing with shadow work and then going clubbing later. Doing activism alongside your regular jobs. Oh, and don't get me started on the insane connection between family, friends and romantic partners. It's really fun, when you're not screaming for it to stop, or at least for it to calm the heck down. The rollercoaster is a spiritual awakening on steroids, no kidding you.

Welcome to All Things Akinese - the name of the site run by your host Akin Isa. Here you will find the combined results of many years' worth of hard work, generally unpaid, as sometimes creativity has to come out regardless of whether many people look at it or not. As it turns out, you can't always put a person into a box. They do a bit of everything, it doesn't particularly matter what so long as they're still creating. Well, here are the results.