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Moving to Substack!
The time has come for me to move my writing to a different platform where I can potentially connect with other writers. I started...

Tann Cordell-Schneider
May 13, 20251 min read
A Formal Complaint:
To Whom It May Concern, April 16th, 2025 My name is Tann Cordell-Schneider, current resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, and I...

Tann Cordell-Schneider
Apr 16, 20251 min read


Life Wants to Live
James Pearson I used to occasionally be subjected to those old zombie/horror movies from the 90’s where the protagonist is trying...

Tann Cordell-Schneider
Mar 24, 20255 min read


Find Yourself on Mardi Gras Day
At this point I don’t know what I love more, experiencing Mardi Gras or reflecting on it after, in part because I don’t even know what...

Tann Cordell-Schneider
Mar 8, 20257 min read
Mental Health, Polyvagal Theory and Collective Liberation
There is this funny edge in modern Western culture where we are all collectively and individually traumatized and then it is the...

Tann Cordell-Schneider
Dec 28, 202410 min read
Amends to Self
You deserve your joy and your pleasure. You are allowed to move slow. You are allowed to take up space. Accept yourself, even accept...

Tann Cordell-Schneider
Nov 4, 20246 min read
We Are Made of Stars
I heard recently that the “Big Bang” was less of a bang and more of a slow unfurling into space…whatever “space” was before it was space...

Tann Cordell-Schneider
Oct 16, 20243 min read
Tann for President
There has naturally been a lot of furry around the latest round of DNC speeches and the Democratic’s platform in general. There is a lot...

Tann Cordell-Schneider
Aug 25, 20247 min read


Dog dog dog dog...
A few days ago I took my dog to the vet to get heartworm prevention and I asked about getting his teeth cleaned. I’ve been balking on the...

Tann Cordell-Schneider
Jul 3, 20247 min read
Rebirth Into Joy
In my deepest self I believe and pray that the spirits use me for the benefit of the world, that they relieve me of self, that I can be...

Tann Cordell-Schneider
Jun 17, 20248 min read
Sea of Nourishment
I'm just going state off the bat that this post isn't about anything in particular and that I just need to write things into the ether,...

Tann Cordell-Schneider
Jun 2, 20243 min read
The Beginning of Wild
There isn't too much I want to say about this right now, but I do want to state my intention for a new kind of exploration. I've been...

Tann Cordell-Schneider
Mar 27, 20243 min read
Compassion
I've been learning a lot about compassion lately and it seems to me a lot of hurt happens in the world from a misguided attempt to love....

Tann Cordell-Schneider
Mar 15, 20242 min read
Do Whatcha Wanna
Anyone even peripherally associated with New Orleans, especially around Carnival, knows that the official, or unofficial, motto of the...

Tann Cordell-Schneider
Feb 16, 20245 min read
I Miss You
Covenant: The promise made by God to humanity and the relationship it establishes, as described in the Bible. The agreement between God...

Tann Cordell-Schneider
Oct 18, 20237 min read
The History of Sound
I can’t help my lofty titles. They bring me joy. Though this piece is really about the history of my sound—my body as sound--but, as...

Tann Cordell-Schneider
Oct 7, 20236 min read
I hate beauty.
If you’ve been here before you know I have a thing for provocative titles. It’s not just a tactic to lurer you in; I really mean these...

Tann Cordell-Schneider
Mar 30, 20237 min read
My Father Died When I Was 17 and No One Was There to Catch Me.
I’ll admit that’s a bit of a dramatic title, but that’s how it felt. Except when you loose someone and no one is there is help, you don’t...

Tann Cordell-Schneider
Mar 9, 20238 min read
The storm will pass
I don’t often try to write in the middle of the storm.. or at least I don’t try to write anything that may be worth reading later. But...

Tann Cordell-Schneider
Feb 25, 20234 min read
It's not just a party
It’s also not just a ritual. And Mardi Gras certainly doesn’t have to be one of those things, and it can be more then those things,...

Tann Cordell-Schneider
Feb 23, 20237 min read
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