Hi. My name is Oliver…
…and I am a radical.
I spent much of my life observing, most notably as a “shy” child who, for the most part, was independent in mind and heart. Attempting to fit into a world that made me feel late, I always felt as if my timing was very wrong. When everyone went right, I went left. When everyone was watching Game of Thrones, I opted for weird foreign films or documentaries. When the smartphone first arrived on the market, I held tightly to my flip phone until I couldn’t.
I pride myself on living a life of change, and I say that with the understanding that there is change you can prepare for, and change that you cannot. Planned change is something I relish, and with every year that passes, even on a daily basis, I don’t want to be the same. Learning something new everyday satisfies this desire and helps prepare for the changes that we can’t manipulate.
Most of my younger years were spent trying to understand why this world is unkind, unjust, unequitable, unsustainable, unreliable, and dishonest, mostly due to the layers of patriarchal structures that are violent and inhumane. As I age, I want to create an environment around me that allows for a life of joy, love, and understanding, breaking down the walls of patriarchal systems. What I am continuing to find is that this has to be done in community, not on my own.
My purpose is to create and participate in event, experiences, and ways of living that provide new ways of living outside of the structures we have today.
How I Practice Radical Change
Activism
One way I practice radical change is through activism, by facilitating enviroments for rest, refletion, change, and ultimately, creating spaces for @alfredjansen22, myself, and our community to build new ways to be with, exchange, live, work, and create sa safety net around us to shield us from societal norms based on patriarchal structures. I practice this through the RESET events.
Life Organizing
As much as we hate to admit it, change is necessary. Through life organizing, I help people manuver through change while managing emotions with A.U.R.A. The purpose of life organizing is to blend the practical, scientific, and mysterious together to help people strategize and move through the change in a more peaceful way with a focus on living a circular life, not linear. I use astrology, numerology, neurosicence, psychology, music, meditation, reiki, and more to provide a tailored experience for individuals to make choices for change. I am not a coach, I am not a guide…I just awaken people to the clutter that exists in their life, both tangible and untangible.
Music/Music Curation and Writing
Music is spirtual, healing, and one the best way to experience pation and beauty in this lifetime. As a music selector at Radio Quantica and a music Resident at the RESET, it is my intention for people to FEEL and to tell stories through music.
Writing is also my favorite mode of communcation. I always tell people that I can write better than I can speak. If I’m typing or writing, I’m allowing the connection with my mind and body to take over and express feelings and ideas in written form. I practice both music and writing through The Auragrio.
My Manifesto
To love is to understand, and to understand is to love. This is where I begin, and this is where I return. Not as a slogan, but as a practice. Every day, I choose to move through the world with the belief that understanding someone’s experience, their pain, their joy, their history, is an act of love. And love, real love, requires that we keep trying to understand.
I am dedicated to circular living. I do not live my life in a linear way. Life is not a ladder to climb or a race to finish. Life is circles and cycles, seasons and returnings. Observation and listening are how we gain wisdom, not by rushing toward answers but by sitting long enough with the questions. Sustainable, lasting change only comes when we honor the circle.
I create spaces for people who have been historically marginalized. Whatever I build, whoever I welcome, the question I hold at the center is this: who has been told they don’t belong here? My work is to make sure they know they do. A welcoming and supportive environment is a requirement.
Every aspect of life is non-binary. I go beyond the surface to find the nuance in most things. The either/or thinking that dominates our world has done enough damage. I choose both/and. I choose the gray areas where real life actually happens.
Time is the most valuable resource we have. Money comes and goes. Possessions accumulate and fade. But time, once spent, is gone. I treat my time and yours with the reverence it deserves. This means being present, being intentional, and never pretending that we have forever.
I can be critical without diminishing someone else’s lived experience. Holding someone accountable does not require erasing their humanity. I believe in honest conversation, in naming what is wrong, in pushing for better, without ever making someone feel that their truth is invalid. Critique and compassion must coexist.
Life does not exist in silos. The issues we face, the identities we carry, the struggles we navigate, they do not exist in isolation. Intersectionality is not a concept I reference. It is how I create. Every project, every space, every conversation is built with the understanding that our lives are layered, and those layers matter.
Creativity is the foundation of liberation. Without imagination, we cannot envision a different world. Without creativity, we cannot build one. The ability to dream, to make, to express, to innovate, this is not decoration. This is survival. This is how we free ourselves.
I am people-first. Some may label my beliefs as radical. That is fine. I am genuinely, unapologetically people-first. Every decision I make, every path I choose, every collaboration I enter, I run through this question: Does this center people? Does this honor our humanity? If the answer is no, I walk away. This is how I live. This is how I create. This is how I love.
