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36. Never been this age before. Figured I’d try it out. ✨♋️💛🎈⁣ 📸: @dbwill211⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #birthday #cancerszn #cancerseason

found my neck. 🙃

your mission, if you choose to accept: gag these heauxs all summer '22 ✨

"you look free. I see it in your eyes." ✨ grand opening: @inkwell

welcome to the Playground. ⚡️ big kid vibes only. ⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #graewilliams #innerchild #officemakeover #homestudio #blkcreatives #inspiration #motivation #imagination #creativity #comics #mcu #toys #blackjoy #reels #reelsdaily

hope y'all well over here. been tokin' on TikkyTok. thankful for the growth, challenges, and milestones. 🙏🏽💛✨ #blackhistorymonth #blackcreatives #graewilliams #showupforyourself

hey.

This pose brought to you by my chiropractor. Stay limber in these 30s. Happy Long Weekend.✌🏽️💛✨⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #CrouchingTigerHiddenBackPain #healing #targetstyle #weekendvibes #glow #GraeWilliams

Ginger me. 🍂🍁✨⁣ 💈: @corryjoe⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #NewColorWhoThis #HelloSeptember #HelloFall #GlowUp #GraeWilliams

I wrote this story during a time I needed connection, and I hope you find a sense of that through this book, too.⁣ ⁣ Connection to past.⁣ ⁣ Connection to power.⁣ ⁣ Connection to ancestry.⁣ ⁣ Connection to a magic and a fantasy that was always yours. You just need to know it's here. We have gods and titans, too, and this one uses two hammers to make the heavens sing. ⁣ ⁣ Big shout out to @artgutsand for capturing the essence of John Henry. This "godfather" of American folktales; the legend of Black folklore; the song of American railroads; the one and only Steel Driving Man. ⁣ ⁣ He did that. 🤌🏽✨⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #JohnHenry #Art #InstaArt #ArtistsOfInstagram #Comics #ComicBook #ComicArt #GraphicNovel #BlackSuperheroes #WeAreWakanda #ChocolateCityComics #BlackAuthors #BlackWriters #MaykeStudios #GraeWilliams

Behind Hollywood is an endless book of stories that aren’t told often if at all. Stories that show us who we are, where we come from, and what we can be. Stories with characters that have stood the test of time, teaching every generation their lessons in new ways.⁣ ⁣ This is one of those stories from that book. A tale so tall, its impact has shaped American mythology.⁣ ⁣ Before the Supermans and Black Panthers, stories of legends traveled from one coast to the next. Stories of hope, courage, and perseverance. And one of those is the story of a man by the name of John Henry—AND WE'RE GOING TO TELL THE HELL OUT OF IT. ✨⁣ ⁣ I’m excited to get back in the game with this one, but even more excited to join the many who came before us to keep his story in circulation. ⁣ ⁣ Go to @maykestudios for story and character details. I’ll mainly talk about this project here from the perspective of being the studio’s Founder, the story’s Author, and how the healing I've been doing got me ready for this moment.⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #JohnHenry #BlackSuperheroes #BlackFantasy #Folktale #BlackStories #MaykeStudios #GraeWilliams

Get in loser, we’re getting freer. ✌🏾✨⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #WeGettinFree #Freedom #BlackBoyJoy #MeanGirls #GlowUp #GraeWilliams

Performance and I knew each other well.⁣ ⁣ We wore each other. Supported each other. A perfect pair, always moving to the rhythm of inauthenticity.⁣ ⁣ I showed up to perfect. I showed up for the gospel and the church.⁣ ⁣ I showed up to be the strong friend. I showed up in the language of “I got it,” “I’m good,” and “Don’t worry about me.” I showed up and performance carried the rest, the two of us tangoing into the arms of high-functioning anxiety and depression.⁣ ⁣ Now—I’m showing up for me.⁣ ⁣ And that’s coming with freedoms I never knew were mine to own.⁣ ⁣ So I’m playing. I’m experimenting. I’m unlearning. I’m adapting. And the kid inside of me finally gets to pilot this adult armor—and goddamnit is he having a ball.⁣ ⁣ Here’s to me. Here’s to you. Here’s to our future selves that will honor all aspects of our humanity we were denied and now have the audacity to reclaim.⁣ ⁣ Let the people of the church say amen. ✨⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #Healing #HealingWhileBlack #HealingOutLoud #BlackMenHealing #Therapy #BlackTherapy #ShowUp #AuthenticSelf #Motivation #GraeWilliams

The energy I'm giving August. ⁣ ⁣ King me. 👑⁣ ⁣ 📸: @themaineofsteel⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #healing #growth #energy #august #GraeWilliams⁣

Allow me to [continue] to [unapologetically] introduce myself.⁣ ⁣ ✨ I am a⁣ ⁣ Supernatural Storyteller⁣ Valorous Visionary⁣ Fanatical Futurist⁣ Brazen Brand Builder⁣ Creative Conjurer⁣ Seer of Strategy⁣ Observant Omnivert⁣ Sun’s Cancer⁣ Moon’s Aries⁣ Ascendant’s Libra⁣ ⁣ But above all, I am ɢʀᴀᴄɪᴏᴜꜱʟʏ ɢʀᴀᴇ.⁣ ⁣ And that’s always been enough.⁣ ⁣ Pleased to meet you, fren! ⁣ ⁣ 💛⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #SelfLove #SelfDiscovery #UnapologeticallyMe #Joy #SelfAcceptance #Pride #SelfPowerment #GraeWilliams