top of page

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 161 min read
70 views
0 comments


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 245 min read
14 views
0 comments


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 87 min read
50 views
0 comments
Reflections About a Ghost
I’m ready to move on, once and for all. Somethings in life snag at the seams of your psyche for much longer than you wished they would,...

Tann Cordell-Schneider
Feb 53 min read
14 views
0 comments
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
22 views
0 comments
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
63 views
0 comments
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
15 views
0 comments
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
71 views
0 comments


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
45 views
0 comments
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
25 views
1 comment
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
13 views
0 comments


Calling My Bones Back to Me
Dedicated to love and all the ways it will break your heart. Dedicated to M, to TJB, to all the children of Gaza. Sometimes grief feels...

Tann Cordell-Schneider
Apr 13, 20248 min read
22 views
0 comments
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
26 views
0 comments
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 16, 20242 min read
22 views
0 comments
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 17, 20245 min read
60 views
0 comments
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
75 views
0 comments
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
25 views
0 comments
Awareness Happens When You Aren’t Paying Attention
Occasionally there are great growth spurts where consciousness expands with rapid regeneration and acceleration. It is usually...

Tann Cordell-Schneider
Aug 29, 20235 min read
38 views
0 comments
How to breath underwater
When I was a kid I had several reoccurring dreams that I could breath underwater, sans gills or fins or any other fish like qualities. I...

Tann Cordell-Schneider
Jul 19, 202313 min read
76 views
0 comments
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
70 views
0 comments
bottom of page