The Idea Doula

Bring Back Commenting from The Heart

/ Author
May 16, 2025

A personal essay about my longing for connectionReligious zeal was a driving force of my like as a teenager. I’d write full essays worth of comments, arguing with my atheist frenemies. Sharpening my skill for apologetics, climbing the ranks.

ReviewsMusic, Books, Films

The Idea Doula
Book Reviews - March 8, 2024
The Shadow Is Not The Enemy
Book Review: The Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula
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Book Reviews - January 5, 2024
A Lesson In Conjuring
Book Review: Bitter by Akwaeke EmeziLast year left
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Film Reviews - August 19, 2023
The Playlist (2022)
Multiple perspectives play in liminal spaces on this
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Film Reviews - July 29, 2023
The Harder They Fall (2021)
On Muddled Themes The Wild West provides a
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Culture - November 21, 2022
6PM Could Mean Anything
a rant about going to concerts in nairobi
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Film Reviews - August 18, 2022
Pause for Desired Effect
Getting through the Wait Like many other Zennials(?),

ABOUTME

Besides people-watching and participating in the simulation, Grey Oletsa, the Nairobi-based filmmaker creates community through art. Gre
Poetry
July 23, 2021

Sap

When You Meet A Teacher Tree Drip. The bend of a
Poetry
April 3, 2021

Questions

is it a throne is it a chair who can tell
Poetry
April 2, 2021

Centered

Between an inhale and an exhale The gavel fell heavy No
Poetry
January 16, 2020

The Jungle Is The Only Way Out

Last year, during my music voyages and explorations, I bumped into
/ Author - April 3, 2021
The Idea Doula
is it a throne is it a chair who can tell there’s too much tied to it too many threads to follow back home, we call it you wouldn’t understand anyway it holds
/ Author - April 2, 2021
The Idea Doula
Between an inhale and an exhale The gavel fell heavy No longer a May No longer a bee The final answer came Between the light and the darkness Just a sigh said it
The Artist-Creator's Office
January 22, 2025

Clarity follows Curiosity follows Sincerity

The Artist-Creator's Office (Dispatch No. 14)I’m in a space within my
Personal Essays
January 15, 2025

The Emotional is Spiritual

An imperfect try at explaining that which cannot be explainedThe feminist
Personal Essays
January 8, 2025

New Year, New Ways to Work Together

Introducing myself as The Idea DoulaNothing comes into being without an
The Artist-Creator's Office
December 13, 2024

Faithfulness to The Artist-Self

The Artist-Creator's Office (Dispatch No. 13) Francis (not his real name),

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