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I have been made efforts to write and do art. I am somewhat successful participating in an Earthsworld drawing group and you can see those drawings on my Instagram. The writing eludes me. I get emotional every time I sit to write even if it is a benign topic. I miss my Dad and I keep trying to call or text him and then I remember I can&#8217;t. The list of responsibilities is great after someone dies, the process takes time, and there is a lot to do. I am blessed and grateful that I have help and support, but my typical day to day routine is changed.</p><p>Sending Everyone Love and Hugs,</p><p>Malachi, Metatron, The Waters, The Whales, and The Blues</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://malachicotten.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Waters, Whales, and Aliens by Malachi Cotten is a reader-supported publication. 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I have discovered that you can post Earthsworld Portraits online, no problem. I am feeling and seeing Earthsworld&#8217;s purpose as an artist/photographer trying to show the world the beauty in ALL humans. www.earthsworld.com</p><p>Recreating the essence of another person&#8217;s face is fascinating and joyful for me. I love them all. I am not choosing the photos. They were chosen by Christophe Swijsen for the Facebook Group.</p><p>Yesterday morning I got a big download from Metatron and my Friends talking about/or showing me fingerpainting and leaning into the chronic pain and disease to help other people and myself find joy and the ability to cope with this nonsense daily.</p><p>Quite honestly, I bounce back and forth between denial, depression, and elation. Elation when I am feeling great and having a good and productive day. Depression when the pain is too much to bear. Denial visits a lot. Is it as bad as I think?</p><p>Then I am like, when is the last time you walked through a store?</p><p>Yeah, on one of those great days that I then &#8220;pay for&#8221; later.</p><p>Shopping is necessary but not worth it. I can pick up and thankfully I have help at home.</p><p>Anyway!</p><p>I&#8217;m like, &#8220;fingerpainting&#8217;??? Really?</p><p>Then I think about one of my kids who has had hand pain that suddenly came on as a teen and no doctor can figure out what is happening. They use crayons to do art because colored pencils hurt their hands.</p><p>Can you do Real Art with crayons and finger paints?</p><p>What is Real Art?</p><p>There is an artist in the UK who goes by Toby Sketch Loose and he was a portrait artist in a past career and apparently people get all up in his face about Real Art. This is the artist who said, &#8220;get rid of your pencils and use a pen&#8221;, and I DID! This helped me grow as an artist. He teaches you to sketch loose but with intention. <a href="iframe.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sketchloose.co.uk">www.sketchloose.co.uk</a></p><p>Alyce Keegan of Kit and Clowder teaches art through coloring, and she is an art therapist as well. There is a section on her website with tips and tricks to color more comfortably if you have pain or issues with your hands. She uses Prismacolor colored pencils and Copic alcohol markers. I had never heard of an alcohol maker before seeing people use them for coloring. Is coloring Real Art? Have you seen some of the coloring book artists on YouTube? They are AMAZING! <a href="iframe.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kitandclowdercoloring.com">www.kitandclowdercoloring.com</a></p><p>Is it creative?</p><p>Yes?</p><p>Then let it be ART!</p><p>Every day I continue to do an Earthsworld portrait challenge, and I post them on social media. You will now see them on Instagram alongside my Substack posts because why not? It breaks all the rules of what you are supposed to do to show your art on Instagram, but you know me and &#8220;the rules.&#8221; What rules? LOL</p><p>Putting myself and my art out there is scary, but I am going to do it anyway.</p><p>We are ALL ARTISTS!</p><p>And it is ALL ART!</p><p>We Love You ALL!</p><p>Do some art today.</p><p>Break some rules.</p><p>Have fun.</p><p>Feel the joy of this human experience.</p><p>Malachi, Metatron, The Waters, The Whales, and The Blues</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://malachicotten.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Waters, Whales, and Aliens by Malachi Cotten is a reader-supported publication. 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height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Self-Portrait: Fountain Pen on Paper 2026</p><p>July 6, 2026</p><p>When was the last time you did something that was scary for you?</p><p>Not unsafe</p><p>But risky</p><p>Like makes your stomach hurt</p><p>Scary</p><p>Like people are going to criticize you.</p><p>Scary</p><p>I just did this morning.</p><p>I have been working on my art skills for a while now and expanding in different directions all at once because this is how my brain works.</p><p>I really enjoy drawing with fountain pens.</p><p>There is a caricature artist on Facebook who posts a daily challenge, and he has thousands of followers, but some really excellent artists post their sketches.</p><p>I did one today with a fountain pen with pink ink.</p><p>For fun.</p><p>There were mistakes and all but one I was able to cover up. Lol</p><p>My stomach still hurts, but it is done.</p><p>I posted it.</p><p>What will people think?</p><p>No idea.</p><p>Do I care?</p><p>Kind of, but art is so personal and I am sometimes shocked at what people enjoy and what they just do not like.</p><p>Kids are the best at this.</p><p>They will tell you exactly how they feel about a piece of art.</p><p>Don&#8217;t believe me?</p><p>Find a kiddo to take to the museum and ask them for their opinions.</p><p>They will give them candidly.</p><p>Unlike adults they will not feel bad about being critical-</p><p>Right to your face</p><p>If it is your own work.</p><p>Hahahahaha!</p><p>Own it!</p><p>What scares you today?</p><p>Want to take a stab at it?</p><p>With much love and lots and lots of hugs,</p><p>Malachi, Metatron, The Waters, The Whales, and The Blues</p><p>PS I am not going to post the Facebook Group sketch here because I am uncertain of potential copyright issues.</p><p>PPS I posted a self-portrait in the same style instead. :) </p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://malachicotten.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Waters, Whales, and Aliens by Malachi Cotten is a reader-supported publication. 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url="iframe.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstackcdn.com%2Fimage%2Ffetch%2F%24s_%21IShs%21%2Cf_auto%2Cq_auto%3Agood%2Cfl_progressive%3Asteep%2Fhttps%253A%252F%252Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%252Fpublic%252Fimages%252Fedaa67ea-3687-4667-897a-a74fe8f919f2_1024x1024.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="iframe.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstackcdn.com%2Fimage%2Ffetch%2F%24s_%21IShs%21%2Cf_auto%2Cq_auto%3Agood%2Cfl_progressive%3Asteep%2Fhttps%253A%252F%252Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%252Fpublic%252Fimages%252Fedaa67ea-3687-4667-897a-a74fe8f919f2_1024x1024.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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done. Darned autoimmune! At least I have a couple, and one is a fish!!</p><p>&#8220;THEY SANG THEIR LAWS.&#8221;</p><p>Wait</p><p>Whaaaatttt???????</p><p>Most humans in the Americas did not write the rules and the history down but passed them through oral tradition. </p><p>Many passed them down through SONG!!!!!</p><p>LIKE THE WHALES!!!</p><p>Sorry I am yelling but I went running to Husband first and then to Mike Fiorito because duh&#8230;</p><p>Music</p><p>Whales</p><p>Humans</p><p>Singing</p><p>We don&#8217;t know why the Humpback Whales&#8217; Song changes every year, but it does.</p><p>What are they saying?</p><p>Are they passing on their history?</p><p>Their laws?</p><p>Their stories?</p><p>A little at a time, year after year, so the new generations are part of it all.</p><p>And it is global.</p><p>The song changes as The Whales sing it around the globe.</p><p>They are global!</p><p>We should be too!</p><p>You know in a more friendly way!</p><p>Love and Hugs!</p><p>Malachi, Metatron, The Waters, The Whales, and The Blues</p><p>PS I knew about oral tradition in theory, but as a child I locked this image in my mind of telling stories around the campfire, not singing them! LOL </p><p>PPS The scientists will tell you something different about The Whales but&#8230;whatever&#8230;</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://malachicotten.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Waters, Whales, and Aliens by Malachi Cotten is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Cat’s Nose]]></title><description><![CDATA[June 17, 2026]]></description><link>https://malachicotten.substack.com/p/my-cats-nose</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://malachicotten.substack.com/p/my-cats-nose</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Malachi Cotten]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 12:07:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="iframe.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstackcdn.com%2Fimage%2Ffetch%2F%24s_%21MZYJ%21%2Cf_auto%2Cq_auto%3Agood%2Cfl_progressive%3Asteep%2Fhttps%253A%252F%252Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%252Fpublic%252Fimages%252F55392e28-bae2-4212-b22d-fae9510695a3_361x303.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span>June 17, 2026</span></p><p><span>Skylar The Cat by Malachi Cotten</span></p><p><span>Year unknown. Oil pastel on paper. Given to a friend as a gift.</span></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="iframe.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstackcdn.com%2Fimage%2Ffetch%2F%24s_%21_I8v%21%2Cf_auto%2Cq_auto%3Agood%2Cfl_progressive%3Asteep%2Fhttps%253A%252F%252Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%252Fpublic%252Fimages%252Ffd92aa4f-175f-4ecb-b3b0-4fcd4b9fe53a_234x333.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_I8v!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffd92aa4f-175f-4ecb-b3b0-4fcd4b9fe53a_234x333.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_I8v!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffd92aa4f-175f-4ecb-b3b0-4fcd4b9fe53a_234x333.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_I8v!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffd92aa4f-175f-4ecb-b3b0-4fcd4b9fe53a_234x333.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_I8v!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffd92aa4f-175f-4ecb-b3b0-4fcd4b9fe53a_234x333.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="iframe.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstackcdn.com%2Fimage%2Ffetch%2F%24s_%21_I8v%21%2Cw_1456%2Cc_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cq_auto%3Agood%2Cfl_progressive%3Asteep%2Fhttps%253A%252F%252Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%252Fpublic%252Fimages%252Ffd92aa4f-175f-4ecb-b3b0-4fcd4b9fe53a_234x333.png" width="234" height="333" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/fd92aa4f-175f-4ecb-b3b0-4fcd4b9fe53a_234x333.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/5525d724-1794-49b6-a7f8-f65a71256f78_234x333.jpeg&quot;,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:false,&quot;imageSize&quot;:&quot;normal&quot;,&quot;height&quot;:333,&quot;width&quot;:234,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:234,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;The image depicts a black cat with blue eyes and a patterned coat, painted in a blend of gray and yellow hues.\n\nAI-generated content may be incorrect.&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:&quot;center&quot;,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="The image depicts a black cat with blue eyes and a patterned coat, painted in a blend of gray and yellow hues.

AI-generated content may be incorrect." title="The image depicts a black cat with blue eyes and a patterned coat, painted in a blend of gray and yellow hues.

AI-generated content may be incorrect." srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_I8v!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffd92aa4f-175f-4ecb-b3b0-4fcd4b9fe53a_234x333.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_I8v!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffd92aa4f-175f-4ecb-b3b0-4fcd4b9fe53a_234x333.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_I8v!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffd92aa4f-175f-4ecb-b3b0-4fcd4b9fe53a_234x333.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_I8v!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffd92aa4f-175f-4ecb-b3b0-4fcd4b9fe53a_234x333.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p><span>Have you ever really looked at a cat&#8217;s nose?</span></p><p><span>I mean really looked closely.</span></p><p><span>Could you draw a cat&#8217;s nose?</span></p><p><span>Inverted triangle, right?!</span></p><p><span>Even as an artist I have to say,</span></p><p><span>Yep, me too!</span></p><p><span>Or like in this oil pastel I am sharing-it&#8217;s sort of a nose.</span></p><p><span>An artist friend of mine is putting together a beginner drawing program, and I am one of the lucky ones who are taking the class and providing feedback before it is released to the public which is a ton of fun and a great learning experience especially if drawing cats was never a thing&#8230;</span></p><p><span>and she is starting with&#8230;</span></p><p><span>now these are my words not hers&#8230;</span></p><p><span>&#8220;Wee Cat Bits&#8221;</span></p><p><span>because it is so cute and I have met so many artists from the UK recently&#8230;</span></p><p><span>I know, I couldn&#8217;t help myself. &#128522;</span></p><p><span>Meaning let&#8217;s draw a little bit at a time. Little bites. Little parts.</span></p><p><span>She included a darling photo of part of her cat&#8217;s face with the nose up close to see all the details.</span></p><p><span>Adorable, sweet kitty.</span></p><p><span>She mentions that we could draw our own cats and my kids have a cat, so I had this moment of glory in my head and then my vision of a beautiful calm cat photo came crashing down because our cat hates having her picture taken.</span></p><p><span>She&#8217;s gorgeous, but no pictures.</span></p><p><span>She knows when that phone is not being a phone and it is being a camera.</span></p><p><span>Le sigh.</span></p><p><span>Stubborn as I am you know we tried.</span></p><p><span>*Disclaimer: No cats were harmed during this photo session, I promise. She is mad at both of us.</span></p><p><span>Cat Wrangler: Malachi Cotten</span></p><p><span>Photo Credit: Alexandra Cotten</span></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="iframe.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstackcdn.com%2Fimage%2Ffetch%2F%24s_%21MZYJ%21%2Cf_auto%2Cq_auto%3Agood%2Cfl_progressive%3Asteep%2Fhttps%253A%252F%252Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%252Fpublic%252Fimages%252F55392e28-bae2-4212-b22d-fae9510695a3_361x303.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MZYJ!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F55392e28-bae2-4212-b22d-fae9510695a3_361x303.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MZYJ!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F55392e28-bae2-4212-b22d-fae9510695a3_361x303.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MZYJ!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F55392e28-bae2-4212-b22d-fae9510695a3_361x303.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MZYJ!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F55392e28-bae2-4212-b22d-fae9510695a3_361x303.png 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw"><img src="iframe.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstackcdn.com%2Fimage%2Ffetch%2F%24s_%21MZYJ%21%2Cw_1456%2Cc_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cq_auto%3Agood%2Cfl_progressive%3Asteep%2Fhttps%253A%252F%252Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%252Fpublic%252Fimages%252F55392e28-bae2-4212-b22d-fae9510695a3_361x303.png" width="361" height="303" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/55392e28-bae2-4212-b22d-fae9510695a3_361x303.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/d690af28-c2be-48c5-82f7-8b41a40e959e_361x303.jpeg&quot;,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:303,&quot;width&quot;:361,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;The image shows a black and tan cat with piercing green eyes peering curiously at the camera.\n\nAI-generated content may be incorrect.&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="The image shows a black and tan cat with piercing green eyes peering curiously at the camera.

AI-generated content may be incorrect." title="The image shows a black and tan cat with piercing green eyes peering curiously at the camera.

AI-generated content may be incorrect." srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MZYJ!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F55392e28-bae2-4212-b22d-fae9510695a3_361x303.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MZYJ!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F55392e28-bae2-4212-b22d-fae9510695a3_361x303.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MZYJ!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F55392e28-bae2-4212-b22d-fae9510695a3_361x303.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MZYJ!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F55392e28-bae2-4212-b22d-fae9510695a3_361x303.png 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>It&#8217;s okay to laugh, I sure did.</p><p>That is one cool looking nose, right?!</p><p>Our dear Skylar was a rescue who was rescued and brought to our dog groomer. When we dropped off our dogs that morning, she had been defleaed&#8230;deloused&#8230;debugged&#8230;?... and was just sitting in one of the kennels. My oldest, who was still little at the time, asked to hold her.</p><p>Oh boy.</p><p>Kiddo knew, perhaps not consciously, that this was Seth, the retired rescued racing greyhound from Arizona, come back to us.</p><p>&#8220;Y&#8217;all can take her home for the afternoon.&#8221;</p><p>Oh boy.</p><p>Being the amazing homeschool parent that I was at the time you know I said yes.</p><p>When we all realized who she was we wanted to keep her.</p><p>Then there was &#8220;The Husband/Dad Issue.&#8221;</p><p>We fed and watered him that evening.</p><p>Then dessert.</p><p>He knew something was up.</p><p>The kids had a plan presented kiddo attorney style about how they would care for the kitten.</p><p>Okay, but she must be perfectly healthy.</p><p>I did not know at the time that kittens usually have worms, and she was riddled with fleas when they found her.</p><p>We took her to the vet the next day.</p><p>Perfectly healthy!</p><p>It&#8217;s a miracle!!!</p><p>In time her little broken off whiskers grew back, her fur came back, and she even got a little belly. Poor baby was in such rough shape when she was found and she was all alone.</p><p>Like Seth the dog she would steal and hide toys that did not belong to her.</p><p>Seth being a 65-pound dog stole large toys and had a thing for carrying around dolls. He would have one doll foot in his mouth, and the doll would be dangling upside down and he would trot around the house all proud and then try to hide them in his bed.</p><p>Skylar stole Christmas ornaments, tiny dolls, and trinkets. We found her stash one day in one of the kids&#8217; rooms.</p><p>She climbed the tree at Christmas.</p><p>The Husband is her favorite!</p><p>I was left as the Grand Bubba babysitter one time and she ate The Husband&#8217;s baby banana plant!</p><p>Whoops!</p><p>Sorry!</p><p>LOL</p><p>It&#8217;s ok, non-toxic.</p><p>In these 11 or so years I never thought about drawing just her nose.</p><p>And now I am going to draw her nose with colored pencils.</p><p>I&#8217;ll let you know how the nose goes.</p><p>In the meantime, if you would like more information on my amazing colored-pencil artist friend, Amii, and her classes here is her Instagram.</p><div class="instagram-embed-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;instagram_id&quot;:&quot;DSM5DiVjfxh&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Instagram&quot;,&quot;author_name&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;thumbnail_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/__ss-rehost__IG-snapshot-DSM5DiVjfxh.jpg&quot;,&quot;like_count&quot;:null,&quot;comment_count&quot;:null,&quot;profile_pic_url&quot;:null,&quot;follower_count&quot;:null,&quot;timestamp&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true}" data-component-name="InstagramToDOM"></div><p>We are all artists!!</p><p>If you do not know how to draw you can learn. It just takes practice!</p><p>Much Love to All of You!</p><p>Malachi, Skylar, Metatron, The Waters, The Whales, and The Blues</p><p>P.S. If you are ever in a place where an animal is in need do the mundane thing first and get help, but you can also call in The Blues. They always come when I ask where there are animals in need. Give it a whirl and let me know what happens.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://malachicotten.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Waters, Whales, and Aliens by Malachi Cotten is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[WATERS' COLORS]]></title><description><![CDATA[Happy Sunday]]></description><link>https://malachicotten.substack.com/p/waters-colors</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://malachicotten.substack.com/p/waters-colors</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Malachi Cotten]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 12:49:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure 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than the East Coast</p><p>Big Skies</p><p>Big Sun</p><p>And in the driest and highest places sometimes there was magic</p><p>Driving into the Great Sand Dunes one year when the kids were little</p><p>The road surrounded on both sides by a yellow wave of sunshine</p><p>Prairie Sunflowers&#8230;I think</p><p>We were awestruck by so much color in this high desert region</p><p>So many of my memories are tied to this part of the country</p><p>I miss this place</p><p>My heart hurts</p><p>We never wanted to leave and there are still so many things I haven&#8217;t seen</p><p>But</p><p>Life happens and it takes you</p><p>other places</p><p>to other parts</p><p>Different people</p><p>Different energy</p><p>The East Coast holds heavy energy I never noticed until I moved away and then came back</p><p>I am happy that I am now surrounded by the Waters</p><p>And the Big Ocean is not too far away.</p><p>There is comfort in this</p><p>But there is also so much history stacked up on these lands</p><p>So much of it dark</p><p>We help by bringing the light earth energy back with us from the West</p><p>I know this, but it doesn&#8217;t make it any less difficult.</p><p>There&#8217;s lots of us</p><p>They used to call us Lightworkers</p><p>I don&#8217;t know what we are now</p><p>I do know that many of us are Water People</p><p>Find the Water People</p><p>I was told this years ago</p><p>There are so many of us now</p><p>More and more every day</p><p>I see this</p><p>I cannot make sense of all that I see happening around me</p><p>I just need to stay the course</p><p>As do YOU</p><p>Do your THING</p><p>Whatever that is</p><p>Stay the course</p><p>I know things will work out</p><p>For all of us</p><p>I have been focusing on drawing in graphite and colored pencils for a while now to brush up on skills I lost over time</p><p>My kids were more important</p><p>And let me tell you homeschooling is like 2 full-time jobs, but they taught me more than I taught them and this trend continues</p><p>Now I have time to focus and practice</p><p>Because it is a practice</p><p>Anyone can learn to draw- just like we are all psychic</p><p>You just need to learn the MAGIC</p><p>Lean into it</p><p>And practice</p><p>I am adding Waters&#8217; Colors to my learning, and I found a teacher in Colorado the second I decided this is what is next</p><p>Ask</p><p>And the Universe provides</p><p>Waters&#8217; Colors are Magical</p><p>And I cannot wait to see what happens</p><p>I will keep you posted</p><p>Much Love,</p><p>Malachi, The Waters&#8217; Colors (*wink), Metatron, The Whales, and The Blues</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://malachicotten.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Waters, Whales, and Aliens by Malachi Cotten is a 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To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life Part II]]></title><description><![CDATA[June 2, 2026]]></description><link>https://malachicotten.substack.com/p/life-part-ii</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://malachicotten.substack.com/p/life-part-ii</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Malachi Cotten]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 14:19:37 GMT</pubDate><enclosure 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fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>June 2, 2026</p><p>I discovered today that Bruce Lee was a water person!!!!</p><p>I Know Right?!?!</p><p>How did I miss that?</p><p>I was directed today.</p><p>Here&#8217;s the story</p><p>They had been dropping hints, but I think I was in too much pain to pay attention.</p><p>Bumble bees</p><p>Honeybees</p><p>Sweat bees</p><p>All the bees&#8230;</p><p>I am obsessed.</p><p>Blackwing pencils</p><p>Also obsessed</p><p>Blackwing did these pencils that look like bees for Bruce Lee</p><p>I really want those pencils.</p><p>Why?</p><p>Bees&#8230;</p><p>Waters&#8230;.</p><p>We have been in a drought here, but recently It began to rain every day</p><p>We are still like 40 inches in the hole but it&#8217;s a start</p><p>Waters</p><p>We are back!!!</p><p>Where were you?</p><p>ELSEWHERE</p><p>I&#8217;m getting the pencils</p><p>I look up Bruce Lee</p><p>And he&#8217;s a water guy.</p><p>Of course he is</p><p>His daughter wrote a book called <em>Be Water My Friend: The Teachings of Bruce Lee</em></p><p>And then&#8230;</p><p><em>Have You Ever Seen the Rain</em> Creedence Clearwater Revival</p><p>Yeah, it just came on the radio as I am writing</p><p>Because this is MY LIFE</p><p>My weird and special life</p><p>Where they taught me to read as a baby</p><p>Taught me to love the Waters</p><p>I thought they were dreams</p><p>Why?</p><p>I don&#8217;t know</p><p>We are all special</p><p>We all have that special thing or experience that is otherworldly</p><p>We are all connected to everything</p><p>I can be a bird</p><p>I was a Least Turn this morning.</p><p>I did a Transdimensional Mapping&#8482; experience my daughter sent through a photo she took recently at a birding event.</p><p>Boy, do they fly weird.</p><p>Ha!</p><p>My kid looked at my three pages of Mapping notes and knew I got the experience and some.</p><p>Funny flying (dad getting food)</p><p>babies nesting</p><p>fuzzies</p><p>multi beings</p><p>little round shapes(eggs)</p><p>upside down</p><p>babies looking up</p><p>parent looking down</p><p>weird trajectory</p><p>funny path they took to the beach</p><p>water</p><p>resting</p><p>flying</p><p>moving over water</p><p>the crazy rip tides as diamonds&#8230;</p><p>cool little sketches.</p><p>You know what&#8217;s so amazing?</p><p>I was there.</p><p>I was that bird and I will always remember that experience.</p><p>It is part of me.</p><p>Forever belonging to me.</p><p>Like anything we learn&#8230;</p><p>MINE</p><p>Changing me today.</p><p>Different from yesterday.</p><p>&#8220;Take Me Home, Country Roads</p><p>To the Place I Belong&#8230;&#8221;</p><p>John Denver&#8230;</p><p>Wait a minute&#8230;</p><p>He was born in Roswell New Mexico??????</p><p>Amazon Music just flashed that on the screen</p><p>Are you serious???</p><p>Hoe did I not know this?!?!?</p><p>And this is why I don&#8217;t work with music playing&#8230;.</p><p>It is like reading a Mike Fiorito book&#8230;</p><p>But backwards&#8230;</p><p>I discover new music through Mike Fiorito&#8217;s books</p><p>Read them</p><p>They are awesome!</p><p>Love to you all!</p><p>Malachi, Metatron, The Waters, The Whales, and The Blues</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://malachicotten.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Waters, Whales, and Aliens by Malachi Cotten is a reader-supported publication. 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fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>June 2, 2026</p><p>Part I</p><p>I am so sorry for my absence&#8230;</p><p>I have been trying to sort things out in my head and in my life.</p><p>Life recently often feels like a dream and not always a good one, depending on where my focus lies.</p><p>I saw a great psychic back in the 90&#8217;s and she told me to stop worrying about money and just do all the things.</p><p>All of them???</p><p>Yes.</p><p>I also had a great astrology reading around the same time. Those things keep happening. Pretty wild.</p><p>No one mentioned the rare vasculitis or the pain I would have for decades.</p><p>I just work around things, right?</p><p>So what if I got fat&#8230;</p><p>So what if I lost my ability to do sports&#8230;</p><p>So what about the pain&#8230;</p><p>Just fucking deal with it.</p><p>No one taught me to take care of myself, or put up boundaries, or say NO!!!</p><p>But I have learned.</p><p>I say no and I say it more often than I would like.</p><p>In my head I want to do things, and I think I can and then I can&#8217;t.</p><p>That poor man at Costco, I made it to the pharmacy and collapsed on a chair. He came around twice asking if I was ok. I&#8217;m fine and my husband is around here finishing the shopping because I sure can&#8217;t.</p><p>This shit really makes me sad.</p><p>My parents are still doing their thing like it&#8217;s nothing.</p><p>In their late 70&#8217;s and early 80&#8217;s</p><p>They can walk.</p><p>Walk the dog.</p><p>Got to an event.</p><p>Have fun.</p><p>Drive across the country</p><p>Visit people and places</p><p>I know they are perplexed about what has happened to me.</p><p>I am perplexed as well.</p><p>How do I do all these things???</p><p>I feel like everything takes so long.</p><p>I am so slow.</p><p>Do I clean the house today or do art or TDM&#8482;?</p><p>I must make choices, so I can make it through the day and so</p><p>I don&#8217;t hurt for a week or cause a flare&#8230;</p><p>Boy, I hate that fucking word.</p><p>Flare.</p><p>Sounds weak.</p><p>I just went through one over the course of maybe 4 weeks before I gave up, called the rheumatologist who is on a trip to far off lands, and started some prednisolone.</p><p>I am weak</p><p>I am in so much pain, and nothing touches it.</p><p>Then I find myself high on steroids and this is not good either, can&#8217;t sleep.</p><p>I do a less and shorter course and taper...</p><p>I go to for acupuncture</p><p>I go to the chiropractor</p><p>I do energy healing</p><p>Everyone gives you advice.</p><p>The spiritual stuff is the best!</p><p>~sarcasm</p><p>You could just make this stop if you wanted to</p><p>Fuck off!</p><p>And here we are.</p><p>But I am feeling better</p><p>Is this planet through that damn teepee tube and somewhere else yet?</p><p>Metatron?</p><p>Do you hear me?</p><p>Do you see all this ridiculousness happening here?</p><p>What alternate Universe am I in?</p><p>Did I really sign up for this shit?</p><p>Feels hard to believe sometimes.</p><p>Where are we that we are living in a dystopian novel plot?</p><p>Like where?</p><p>FFS</p><p>I try to focus on other things.</p><p>Art.</p><p>Experiments with TransDimensional Mapping&#8482;.</p><p>The excitement of being included in a friend&#8217;s book!!</p><p>The new Craig Johnson release. He&#8217;s another water person. Read his Longmire series and you will see.</p><p>One thing is true.</p><p>I am mostly fearless&#8230;</p><p>I think when they tell you that you are going to die from a health issue you become fearless</p><p>because you have nothing to lose&#8230;</p><p>And you do everything you can to save yourself despite the weirdness of this lifetime,</p><p>And here I am</p><p>I am still here</p><p>And that particular health issue is BETTER!!</p><p>Not the pain part, but hey&#8230;</p><p>I am better!!</p><p>Why?</p><p>The drugs?</p><p>One was still experimental and I had to stop taking it because of side effects.</p><p>Was that it?</p><p>The other ones?</p><p>The energy medicine</p><p>What?</p><p>I just hope it doesn&#8217;t happen again because it was terrifying.</p><p>What is important?</p><p>People?</p><p>Art?</p><p>Writing?</p><p>Connection?</p><p>Experiments?</p><p>What?</p><p>Love to you all!</p><p>Malachi, Metatron, The Waters, The Whales, and The Blues</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://malachicotten.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Waters, Whales, and Aliens by Malachi Cotten is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Making Magic]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Time to Create is Now]]></description><link>https://malachicotten.substack.com/p/making-magic</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://malachicotten.substack.com/p/making-magic</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Malachi Cotten]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2026 14:06:25 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="iframe.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstackcdn.com%2Fimage%2Ffetch%2F%24s_%21--4u%21%2Cf_auto%2Cq_auto%3Agood%2Cfl_progressive%3Asteep%2Fhttps%253A%252F%252Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%252Fpublic%252Fimages%252F759ff10f-d6be-42ae-9faf-6175c740237c_1024x1536.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>February 9, 2026</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="iframe.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstackcdn.com%2Fimage%2Ffetch%2F%24s_%21--4u%21%2Cf_auto%2Cq_auto%3Agood%2Cfl_progressive%3Asteep%2Fhttps%253A%252F%252Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%252Fpublic%252Fimages%252F759ff10f-d6be-42ae-9faf-6175c740237c_1024x1536.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>I spend much of my time thinking these days and trying to make sense of my world.</p><p>A world that seems so nonsensical.</p><p>I learned a technique called Psych-K (<a href="iframe.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpsych-k.com%2F">PSYCH-K Centre International</a>) back in the 1990&#8217;s and the most difficult part of the process is deciding what you want.</p><p>What do you want?</p><p>What would you like the world to look like?</p><p>Free energy?</p><p>An end to poverty?</p><p>Everyone well fed, clothed, and housed so they are able work within their genius?</p><p>We all have at least one genius.</p><p>What is yours?</p><p>What is your special gift?</p><p>What are your special gifts?</p><p>Do you make people laugh?</p><p>Sometimes this is my special gift and other times it is not.</p><p>Perhaps because of the right place, right people, right timing.</p><p>The dog thinks I am great, especially because I love the word C-O-O-K-I-E!</p><p>Cookie.</p><p>What a funny word indeed.</p><p>One of the keys to Psych-K is to create change through positive affirmations.</p><p>Key word being positive.</p><p>It is so easy to say, &#8220;I don&#8217;t want, I don&#8217;t like, I can&#8217;t stand, or any other variation.</p><p>You know what I mean.</p><p>I want leaders in the world who embrace and engage in ethical behaviors.</p><p>I want leaders in the world who understand that humanity and every living being on this planet are all connected.</p><p>When you hurt one being, you hurt many beings and yourself.</p><p>It is easy to say what you put out to the Universe you get back, but how do you implement this?</p><p>What are you thinking?</p><p>We are conditioned into thinking, not bad thoughts, but erroneous thoughts.</p><p>Erroneous thinking.</p><p>Erroneous thinking around many topics including money, health, lack, love, self-worth.</p><p>These topics are only a few of the many.</p><p>Generations who are told you are stuck, not worth it and have no way to attract money or ease in your health, you are not good enough to create greatness in your world, there is not enough in the world thereby creating competition instead of collaboration and you believe all these things because you have spent a lifetime and past generations BELIEVING them.</p><p>STOP.</p><p>BELIEVE in something else.</p><p>Believe in yourself.</p><p>Is this easy?</p><p>No.</p><p>Especially the older we get and the more programming we need to rewrite.</p><p>There are no limits to your creative abilities.</p><p>Believe in yourself.</p><p>Be aware of your thoughts.</p><p>Are they positive?</p><p>Are they what you want?</p><p>Or are you playing some ancestor&#8217;s oldies tape that you need to throw away?</p><p>The Council of Whale is feeling very strongly about this topic today.</p><p>Reach out to me.</p><p>Reach out to like-minded friends.</p><p>Let us collaborate on what we do want for ourselves first and foremost and the world at large.</p><p>Be selfish.</p><p>What do you want?</p><p>Large or small.</p><p>It&#8217;s okay.</p><p>Make a list.</p><p>Picture it.</p><p>These are not new ideas, but we need to work as a team to get there.</p><p>I have been working with my spouse to rid ourselves of old patterns, thoughts and ideas that were not even ours to begin with but belonged to someone else of the past or propaganda within society.</p><p>Burst the BUBBLE!</p><p>Expand your thinking into the Universe and the Universe will expand back.</p><p>YOU ARE MAGIC!!!</p><p>We love you all!</p><p>The Council of Whale and Malachi</p><div 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height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>January 5, 2026</p><p>Happy New Year to my readers!</p><p>Let&#8217;s see what is new and exciting from our friends.</p><p>I keep seeing an image of Metatron with a giant staff standing at the top of a mountain and when he hits the staff into the Earth everything shakes like an earthquake.</p><p>Inevitable great change?</p><p>Have humans devolved to their lowest level worldwide or do we have a way to go?</p><p>Still in progress.</p><p>Remember that toilet paper tubie I wrote about ages ago?</p><p>Here is a refresh.</p><div class="digest-post-embed" 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Cotten&quot;,&quot;publication_logo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!dGMz!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc755f633-2330-4954-a07f-2375e5df2bac_1024x1024.png&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;youtube_url&quot;:null,&quot;show_links&quot;:null,&quot;feed_url&quot;:null}"></div><p>Why was I being told we were heading to the 4<sup>th</sup> dimension?</p><p>I got some blowback on this one&#8230;lol</p><p>TIME.</p><p>Why?</p><p>I get it now!</p><p>I think. Lol</p><p>If you have been running around in the world of metaphysics like I have people speak a lot about time being a circle or a spiral, but definitely not linear.</p><p>Do you see it yet?</p><p>If there is one thing I have confirmed from doing TransDimensional Mapping&#8482; it is that time is not linear.</p><p>We will hit a certain threshold for this knowing and then we will see great change. It is inevitable.</p><p>But WHEN, you ask, to everyone&#8217;s delight!!</p><p>That&#8217;s the kicker.</p><p>When.</p><p>In linear time?</p><p>Cute.</p><p>Nice one.</p><p>I giggle with you!</p><p>When humanity hits rock bottom.</p><p>You decide.</p><p>You.</p><p>Us.</p><p>As a collective.</p><p>We decide when we have hit rock bottom as a species and what will happen next.</p><p>They are waiting.</p><p>What&#8217;s it going to take?</p><p>Can you see it?</p><p>Everything, in-every-time, is open to you.</p><p>When do we say enough is enough?</p><p>When do we care for each other as ourselves?</p><p>When do we realize the connections between souls?</p><p>When?</p><p>Now?</p><p>Soon?</p><p>Never?</p><p>They tell me that none of us are from here. Not us and not them.</p><p>Can we all remember enough to change the game here?</p><p>It&#8217;s a game.</p><p>Who will win?</p><p>Do the right thing?</p><p>Can we though when we are capable of anything?</p><p>Can we do the right thing even though it is not the easy thing?</p><p>Can we do the right thing even though we may be afraid?</p><p>Can we stay in some sort of integrity despite the duality of this place?</p><p>Can we party happy and loving instead of dramatic and hurting?</p><p>It is your choice.</p><p>Happy 2026!</p><p>All in good time!</p><p>With Love,</p><p>Metatron, Malachi, The Waters, The Whales, and the Aliens (they are not really aliens, but they think this word is cute).</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://malachicotten.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Waters, Whales, and Aliens by Malachi Cotten is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Keys]]></title><description><![CDATA[My coffee buddy in The Keys-photo credit A.]]></description><link>https://malachicotten.substack.com/p/the-keys</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://malachicotten.substack.com/p/the-keys</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Malachi Cotten]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2025 17:59:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure 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height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>My coffee buddy in The Keys-photo credit A. M. Cotten</p><p>December 23, 2025</p><p>I keep seeing Metatron on top of a mountain stomping his foot or a staff or something and shaking the Earth and then &#8220;POP&#8221; popping the planet into a different space/dimension/something. This morning, he said he was going to save all our asses! I was at acupuncture in that place between here and somewhere else and had these visions. More clarity will come later, I am sure.</p><p>The Council of Whale had been asking me to visit The Keys for what seems like a very long time, and it all worked out this year as our family experience Christmas gift.</p><p>I am still uncertain as to why they wanted me there, but I know there is more research involved.</p><p>The Keys are technically in Florida, but not really. They are really a separate place.</p><p>If Hawaii feels like another country, then The Keys feel like another planet.</p><p>This is all in my opinion.</p><p>The Keys are literally an ancient coral reef cemetery.</p><p>Here is some more information about limestone slab creation:</p><p>https://geologyscience.com/geology-branches/sedimentology/limestone-formation-and-carbonate-platforms/</p><p>We had beautiful weather with sunshine and breezes. Low humidity and low temperatures.</p><p>We were there the night 3IAtlas was closest to the Earth which was an interesting coincidence.</p><p>We were also in The Keys over Hannukah. There was a huge wedding on that Sunday, which was our first night as well as the start of Hannukah.</p><p>Again, I know there is significance here that will unfold at some point.</p><p>And yes, I was aware of what had happened in Australia on their first night of Hannukah which was 16 hours prior to the first night in The Keys.</p><p>One of the wedding guests just loved our dog and came to say hello. I think she brought him some brightness that day and this was a highlight because it was somber mixed with festivities. Weddings are planned so far ahead of the actual event time, and it was a destination wedding, so everyone flew in from somewhere else.</p><p>A few days later we had a very interesting interaction with a visiting Rabbi and his family who thought we were Jewish.</p><p>The final night of Hannukah was the day before my birthday this year.</p><p>Here is an article to explain on a very basic level:</p><p><a href="iframe.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.parents.com%2Fthe-hanukkah-story-11868384">How To Explain the Hanukkah Story to Kids</a></p><p>They (The Waters and Whales) are showing me parallel lines or lanes of light. They are like tubes of light going into the distance. I am seeing this in real time as I am writing and contemplating my experience.</p><p>Festival of Lights</p><p>We are all connected. I am not religious, although my more recent ancestors are Catholic and if we go back further in one family tree branch, they were escaping religious persecution by coming to America. Who knows what we do not know about our origins.</p><p>I am really unsure of where I am going with this writing today.</p><p>I have to give this experience more thought.</p><p>Giant limestone slabs.</p><p>Dinosaur-like creatures everywhere (iguanas).</p><p>One iguana joined me for coffee in the mornings.</p><p>Trees that grow right up to the gorgeous blue green waters.</p><p>So much calm quiet water.</p><p>An undertone of calm like the noise snow makes when you are out in it in the middle of the night. There is so much quiet that you hear the snow fall and it is lovely.</p><p>Kind of like this, but different.</p><p>Fascinating.</p><p>What do you think?</p><p>Have you ever been to The Keys?</p><p>What was your experience?</p><p>Hugs,</p><p>Malachi</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://malachicotten.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Waters, Whales, and Aliens by Malachi Cotten is a reader-supported publication. 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last?</p><p>What mark may we leave within this illusion we created?</p><p>Or will we one day realize that we created it ALL</p><p>ALL of it</p><p>Every last bit</p><p>And then perhaps we will know we are GREAT</p><p>POWERFUL</p><p>MAGIC MAKERS</p><p>ILLUSIONISTS</p><p>But why wait?</p><p>Why not use your powers to create in the NOW</p><p>Create what is important</p><p>Create the LOVE</p><p>Create the PEACE</p><p>Use your programming powers to make this planet happy and proud to be working with you</p><p>Not against you</p><p>See yourself at your computer</p><p>Data entry</p><p>What is important</p><p>Leave your mark</p><p>Show your love for humanity</p><p>In what seems to be the darkest days in our current lifetime</p><p>&#8216;Tis The Season</p><p>Leave your mark on this world</p><p>Like the bright colors of a painting</p><p>Happy</p><p>Joyful</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" 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bear,&#8217; says the nurse.</p><p>I was given this tidbit of advice recently.</p><p>Well, I have had recent &#8216;mauled by a bear&#8217; pain and the drug &#8216;go to&#8217; for this is steroids.</p><p>I happily bounced into the chiropractor&#8217;s office this morning feeling great!</p><p>I cannot sleep, but my overall body pain is down to a 1 or a 2 which is blissful if you are someone like me who literally no longer has any memory of life without pain.</p><p>My brain wants to make BIG PLANS because I feel so great, but there is that part of me that knows this is temporary and the pain and inflammation will return.</p><p>I am envious of people who I see going for long walks or running.</p><p>People who get normal pain from building muscle and not a huge flare of mauled bear pain.</p><p>I was reminded this past week that my grandmother, who lived into her 100&#8217;s, would say, &#8220;do it while you can.&#8221;</p><p>I feel like I missed my <em>while you can</em> moment.</p><p>Sometimes this brings me down low and it feels like life in this body has been too difficult for too long.</p><p>The downside to knowing we reincarnate is that there is no escape.</p><p>I could come back, but would it be any different?</p><p>Did I learn the lessons I needed to learn here and now?</p><p>Doubtful.</p><p>Other humans try to help and offer advice.</p><p>There is the rare occasion where someone has great ideas because they research the heck out of things like I do and have had chronic pain themselves.</p><p>I have tried just about everything over my adult years.</p><p>I have done countless hours of research.</p><p>I trained in a few different healing modalities like Healing Touch and Psych-K.</p><p>I know there are many humans like me and more every day are being diagnosed.</p><p>Are we better at diagnosis or are there more of us?</p><p>Why?</p><p>Nowadays I research this rare disease.</p><p>I talk to my spirit guides and my NHI friends.</p><p>I ask for help, and I am often given help, but not the big miracle of remission of disease.</p><p>Remission of pain.</p><p>There is no cure.</p><p>Yet.</p><p>I know they are working on something wonderful for autoimmune diseases and the article said something about ten years to get it right and get the price down.</p><p>Hurry up!</p><p>None of us want to do this for ten more years.</p><p>And making money always seems to be more important to these folks than actually helping humanity.</p><p>The wealthiest people on the planet think they are above all of us.</p><p>They feel more important.</p><p>This adds to my sadness.</p><p>How do they sleep at night?</p><p>Likely very well, I imagine.</p><p>Enjoying the best of all things and free from guilt over the bulk of the population.</p><p>Hmmm&#8230;.</p><p>I try to write things that are uplifting and helpful, but this has been a difficult couple of weeks.</p><p>I can see my whale friend dancing.</p><p>Shake your booty! Lol</p><p>Trying to cheer me up.</p><p>Just know that if you are like me, I SEE you!</p><p>We will get through this!</p><p>Sending love and hugs and good healing energies.</p><p>Malachi and Whale</p><p><a href="iframe.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.msn.com%2Fen-us%2Fscience%2Fbiology%2Fresearchers-try-bold-new-approach-in-a-race-to-better-treat-autoimmune-diseases%2Far-AA1QnqzY%3Focid%3DBingNewsVerp">Lifelong drugs for autoimmune diseases don&#8217;t work well. Now scientists are trying something new</a></p><p><a href="iframe.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.htpractitioner.com%2F">Home - Worldwide Directory of Healing Touch Practitioners | Your Connection to Wellness</a></p><p><a href="iframe.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpsych-k.com%2F">PSYCH-K Centre International</a></p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://malachicotten.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Waters, Whales, and Aliens by Malachi Cotten is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Telepathy II]]></title><description><![CDATA[November 13, 2025]]></description><link>https://malachicotten.substack.com/p/telepathy-ii</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://malachicotten.substack.com/p/telepathy-ii</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Malachi Cotten]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2025 02:21:34 GMT</pubDate><enclosure 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My NHI friends.</p><p>I grew up with <em>Star Wars </em>and <em>Star Trek </em>because my Dad is a big fan of both, but for some reason, <em>The Orville </em>really speaks to me. The show got me excited about what life could be like with more equity and more love.</p><p>What do you want?</p><p>I know everyone knows what they do not want, but what is really important is what you do want.</p><p>The Universe can only respond to your thoughts.</p><p>Are they positive?</p><p>Send those positive thoughts telepathically to The Universe, God, Goddess, your Higher Self, or whomever you speak with frequently.</p><p>Get it out there!</p><p>Use your thoughts!</p><p>The positive ones.</p><p>The time is right now.</p><p>Right now, before you stop reading.</p><p>Right now, and again before bed.</p><p>Go to sleep dreaming of your perfect world.</p><p>And see it unfolding before you and all of us.</p><p>Much Love and Hugs to All!</p><p>Malachi, Metatron, The Waters, The Whales, The Blues, and all of our Friends</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://malachicotten.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Waters, Whales, and Aliens by Malachi Cotten is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Telepathy]]></title><description><![CDATA[November 12, 2025]]></description><link>https://malachicotten.substack.com/p/telepathy</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://malachicotten.substack.com/p/telepathy</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Malachi Cotten]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2025 11:26:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure 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It is adorable.</p><p>I have been intrigued by recent stories about octopi. There was one octopus who would leave their tank every night and wander to other tanks and eat a fish out of each tank. The people who ran the facility thought someone was coming in and stealing these expensive exotic fish and when they set up a camera, they discovered the octopus was having a nightly feast and then going back to their tank right before people arrived in the morning.</p><p>Other octopi will escape when imprisoned.</p><p>This really makes me think about how we treat these animals. Why aren&#8217;t we trying to talk to them?</p><p>Humans have taught land animals sign language.</p><p>I know researchers are working on interpreting whale language and perhaps this will help segue into speaking with all marine animals.</p><p>I wonder what they think of us.</p><p>Why do orca offer humans food, but are so brutal to other animals including other whales?</p><p>They are like everyone&#8217;s grandmother from the old country.</p><p>&#8220;You are too skinny! Here. Eat!&#8221; says the orca to the human.</p><p>I find that many humans are worried about telepathy because they believe that telepathy will invade their privacy, but this is not true.</p><p>When I come into contact with obnoxious unethical telepaths, I will block them, and you can too!</p><p>Typically, with the animals I have found they are just shouting at you telepathically. Especially if food is involved.</p><p>They know you hear them in your head and get very vexed when you do not comply.</p><p>Like when I stepped past the fish tank with a cup of coffee and a snack and there was mighty yelling about where is their snack? They want a snack. We know you have food. Hey! Hey! I&#8217;m talking to you!</p><p>Has everyone in this household picked up a New Jersey/New York accent when they get annoyed?</p><p>I think so.</p><p>What do your animals say to you?</p><p></p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://malachicotten.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Waters, Whales, and Aliens by Malachi Cotten is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Put The Kettle On!]]></title><description><![CDATA[November 9, 2025]]></description><link>https://malachicotten.substack.com/p/put-the-kettle-on</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://malachicotten.substack.com/p/put-the-kettle-on</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Malachi Cotten]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2025 13:26:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure 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height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>November 9, 2025</p><p>I woke up thinking about microcosm versus macrocosm in the context of being human.</p><p>As above so below.</p><p>Each time we travel as human beings the planet seems to become smaller.</p><p>Literally.</p><p>There are humans like me everywhere just trying to survive.</p><p>Like me.</p><p>We are so fortunate that with the current technologies we can become friends with other humans across the planet.</p><p>I currently have a friend on the other side of the planet and sometimes ahead by a day.</p><p>We can peer into each other&#8217;s worlds through online platforms, but we unfortunately cannot &#8216;put the kettle on&#8217; in one place at a time.</p><p>You know, drop by for tea.</p><p><em>Sigh&#8230;</em></p><p>We need little doorways in every home and in public places where we can walk up with intention and ring the bell of whomever we would like to visit.</p><p>They may not be home, but that bell can ring wherever they may be.</p><p>Too invasive?</p><p>No privacy?</p><p>Well, perhaps you cannot see where they are, but they can say, okay I&#8217;ll be home at three to put the kettle on, meet me there and I will open the portal door!</p><p>Realistically, they could be anywhere.</p><p>Popped over to NYC for some bagels.</p><p>I&#8217;ll be right back!!</p><p><em>Laughter</em></p><p>A baguette from Paris.</p><p>Belgian chocolates?</p><p>No problem.</p><p>Do they go with tea?</p><p>Biscuits with Belgian chocolate slathered on top.</p><p>Wherever did that funny word &#8216;cookie&#8217; come from?</p><p>Dutch, <em>koekje, </em>little cake.</p><p>Little cake?</p><p>Often crunchy little cake!</p><p>Yeah, that is weird.</p><p>A biscuit, in contrast, is supposed to be crunchy!</p><p>Latin, <em>biscotum, </em>twice baked.</p><p>I digress.</p><p>Humans need these travel portals.</p><p>Then perhaps we would all feel and see the Earth, as a whole being, instead of just looking at the tiny little part where we reside.</p><p>Perhaps the Earth contemplates these same thoughts in terms of the Universe.</p><p>A portal.</p><p>A door.</p><p>To visit other parts.</p><p>To make friends with other planets and see what is happening somewhere else.</p><p>Can the Earth herself be telepathic?</p><p>Can she reach out for help?</p><p>I can see her complaining to her friends over facetime.</p><p>I have tried everything including hurricanes and fires, but these little buggers are still damaging me.</p><p>Why can&#8217;t they see the consequences of their actions?</p><p>I just want to be loved and appreciated.</p><p>Go visit my friends and put the kettle on.</p><p>Do they have bagels in the Pleiades?</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://malachicotten.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Waters, Whales, and Aliens by Malachi Cotten is a reader-supported publication. 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down.</p><p>Easy.</p><p>You hit moguls and perhaps you do not know how to navigate them.</p><p>You learn to conquer the moguls.</p><p>Then there is another lift, but it takes you only partway up the mountain.</p><p>You ski off the lift like a pro.</p><p>What</p><p>Is</p><p>That????</p><p>Oh boy, that looks like a steep drop&#8230;</p><p>You can do it!!</p><p>You ski down, carefully.</p><p>At the bottom, you shade your eyes from the sun as you peer back up at the steep slope.</p><p>Good Job!!!!</p><p>You did it!</p><p>Then you turn around&#8230;</p><p>Oh, Look!!!!!!</p><p>The Bunny Slope!!!!!</p><p>Woo Hoo!!!</p><p>Hot cocoa at the Lodge!!!!</p><p></p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://malachicotten.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p 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or do not remember from this timeline I seem to be in.</p><p>It is coming to me.</p><p>I do not need to go there.</p><p>Just open the window.</p><p>Pull in the information.</p><p>And move forward.</p><p>In Peace and Love to All,</p><p>Malachi and The Council of Whale</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://malachicotten.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Waters, Whales, and Aliens by Malachi Cotten is a reader-supported publication. 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often.</p><p>I have felt things shift multiple times over the course of one 24-hour cycle.</p><p>Have you?</p><p>Something I see or hear can shift everything instantly.</p><p>My intent is always about love as a driving force.</p><p>If we come from a place of love, we can change everything.</p><p>And yet, I am still human, and I make mistakes.</p><p>Many mistakes, but I try to make each day better.</p><p>More thoughtful.</p><p>What can I do?</p><p>What can&#8217;t I do?</p><p>What is within my power?</p><p>And what is not?</p><p>Letting go of what is not within my power and what I cannot do helps me stop worrying about things I cannot control.</p><p>It is within someone else&#8217;s power.</p><p>Let them do it.</p><p>Send them love.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://malachicotten.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" 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height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>October 12, 2025</p><p>There is so much fear rolling around the planet right now&#8230;</p><p>Please, if you are not in a position of imminent danger, reel in your emotions.</p><p>Separate from the dramatic.</p><p>Look through the Matrix and find your loving connections by following the gold threads.</p><p>You are strong!</p><p>You are POWERFUL!</p><p>Create what you desire to have happen in that golden Matrix and then follow the threads.</p><p>Yes! Like a game of PRETEND!</p><p>Like a kid would do before they were introduced and influenced by the worst this world offers.</p><p>Pretend you are Thor!</p><p>You are a strong protector of FREEDOM!</p><p>You are a strong protector of LOVE!</p><p>You are a strong protector of all that is RIGHT and FAIR!</p><p>You are a strong protector of HUMANITY&#8217;S HEARTS,</p><p>FREEDOM OF MIND,</p><p>AND FREEDOM OF SOULS.</p><p>STAY STRONG.</p><p>WE LOVE YOU.</p><p>THE COUNCIL OF WHALE</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://malachicotten.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Waters, Whales, and Aliens by Malachi Cotten is a reader-supported publication. 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