Looking for Cognitive Constellation Corps ~{3C}~ ?
Hi there.
If you already know me, you know why I keep creating.
If you don’t, here’s the short version.
Who I am
Just one human trying not to break.
Where it started
1970, Jackson, Michigan.
Bare floors, second-hand clothes, a step-father's scrapyard job, that kept the family fed.
My mother balanced poverty with love; my dad hauled metal because there were no better options.
Work at twelve
Three summers with Wade Shows. Hard labour, cash for school clothes.
No romance, carnival nights, exhaustion, and a clear message: no one was coming to save me.
Escape route
High-school diploma at seventeen, straight into the U.S. Army.
Rules, structure, a pay check, and, for a moment, stability.
Top of class. Medals. Proof I could exceed expectations, if I didn’t crumble first.
The rest (compressed)
Europe. Marriage. A war no one wins.
Children I’d die for. Divorce that almost killed me anyway.
A body that never fit the paperwork, transition, surgery, cancer, recovery.
Distance from family, distance from who I used to be.
Multiple restarts. None of them easy, all of them necessary.
I’m still here.
I write music, philosophy, and code because creating is the only lever that moves my world.
Everything on this site is a survival tool turned outward, usable by anyone who needs it.
brooke.ltd is one person. No staff, no label, no funding.
If that resonates, explore. If not, move on.
Either way, thanks for reading.
-Brooke
Sevahem, Always. ✨🤍✨