I dreamt I was Ajai Tripathi, and we all had separate identities. In this dream I was born in Oregon, a gay male with a mix of Brahman Indian and Mexican Coahuiltecan blood, growing up in the small university town of Corvallis. As a child my family took me through India and I was fascinated by the temple dioramas. I began to write plays as a means of creating roles for myself and folks who look like me. My writing largely reflects the experiences of being a lone queer brown voice in a world built for straight white folks. In this role I’ve been guided by the mission of centering marginalized populations, decolonizing theatre and academia, and advocating for inclusive practices and equality. Fascinated by agitation propaganda I married my artwork with political activism and directed works that challenged established norms and the status quo. When I started working in Portland, I wrote plays to show Black, Brown, and Queer youth that they are worthy of greatness. All story telling devices from cave paintings to virtual media are useful means to communicate stories, cultivate empathy, and always rehumanize. Stories of all different origins must be regarded equally, as they open the path of human actualization. I find my favorite plays are the plays that capture humans at their most vulnerable, a public display of human vulnerability. Then we may excavate the values and experiences to connect us with our past and empower our future. With art we may dip our brush into another consciousness, where storytellers play, and paint new dreams to live in.