“Do you dare me to plant some seeds right here?” I asked Ming. We were at the rose garden– Ming was eating a roasted duck they’d just bought at the Asian grocery store. They like eating ducks these days. We were sitting on those benches by the archways. I was trying to soak up some… Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you doing? I’m asking for help with the dance. It’s a lot of energy. I believe in this work 100%, but I can’t do it just me and Ming. I need help holding the transqueer fat disabled dance. People help carry stuff to the car. Eugene Mask Block came yesterday. Good… Read More »
This post “worship” is a letter to a friend. Dear community, Thank you for letting me know you don’t consent to be deified. I’m sorry I deified you. That’s how I love by default: bahkti. I can love you in other ways, like you’re useful. Or I can try loving you like you’re just funny… Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you doing? Studying Spanish is grounding– so blissful. Sometimes I forget what grounds me, and then I remember. Feeling connected to a huge group of people is so comforting. Spanish is colonizer language, but widespread to the ones I need to speak with. Spanish is a place I can be myself… Read More »
Hey, reader. How you doing? Do you know what music is for? Music is so pleasurable–for many of us, a reason to live. Music transmits culture. It sets a mood. And it can connect people to other people like nothing else. My homegirl Bag is a noise musician and does experimental electronics. She has a… Read More »
Hello, how are you doing? I was just lying in bed trying to sleep. But I was having some thoughts that felt important about ecstatic dance as remedy. It’s really good medicine. ecstatic dance as remedy We put up with so much bullshit in a day. We can feel a lot of pleasure and love,… Read More »
I like making videos to talk about what matters to me. This video What is ecstatic dance? is four and a half minutes long, my attempt at a short overview, as opposed to a longer, in depth video I made about ecstatic dance last year. Please view and share with friends. I also like making… Read More »
Hello, I love art, including music and musical instruments. Especially traditional musical instruments that have become obscure. Nyckelharpa is an instrument our respected friends Toby and Fred play. It’s a traditional Swedish instrument that has special dances that go along with the songs. Toby told us that the different villages have their own songs and… Read More »
“Do you sing?” my friend asked me. We were on his porch in the morning, and he had just sung a few songs for me to dance to at my request. Down By the River, something like Give Me Jesus, and a Gate Gate Parasamgate. He spoke to me of many things: pottery his mom… Read More »
Hello, I recorded a new poem “disabled dancing.” I wrote it a few days ago after chalice circle. We’d been talking about pets, and I was thinking a lot about teeth. How some people get their pets’ teeth cleaned, but I live with elders who’ve been chronically homeless, and mostly they don’t have teeth. I… Read More »