“Every man is independent of all laws except those prescribed by nature.” — Cruden vs Neale (1796)
There is something profoundly grounding in that truth. Before men built systems of control, currencies, and codes of conduct, there was only Nature — the true lawgiver.
Her rules are not written in dusty books or decreed by fleeting governments; they are etched into the soil, the wind, and the quiet pulse of the living earth.
No court can overrule the seasons. No empire can outlast the rivers it poisons. We may think ourselves powerful — kings of commerce and invention — yet we are sustained by humble gifts: bees, trees, and clean water.
When humanity forgets this hierarchy, when it places gold above growth and oil above oxygen, it steps outside the very laws that allow it to exist.
Nature does not punish; she balances. She whispers to those who listen and humbles those who do not.
To live in alignment with her is not rebellion — it is remembrance. Freedom was never granted by man; it was born with us, woven into the breath of all that lives.
About The Hand Behind The Phoenix Quill— I’ve lived many lives within one — some born of light, some forged in fire. Each left its mark, and in the ashes, I found my voice. The Phoenix Quill was never just a name; it became my heartbeat — a place where pain turned to purpose, and truth was no longer something to survive, but something to share. I am a poet, artist, advocate, and storyteller — guided by a love that refuses to die quietly. Through words and imagery, I tell stories of resilience, of rising when the world says you’ve fallen too far. My work carries pieces of the people and places that shaped me — veterans, children, the voiceless, the forgotten — and the fire that demanded their stories be heard. Every poem, every painting, every creation under The Phoenix Quill is born from that promise: to turn heartbreak into healing, to honor truth even when it burns, and to remind others that they, too, can rise. This is my life’s work — to give voice to the silence, hope to the weary, and beauty to the broken. Welcome to The Phoenix Quill: Words Born of Fire, Inked in Truth. Where ashes become art — and every word remembers how to rise.
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