“How do you feel about your haircut?” my good friend asked me. This post is about what I learned by cutting my hair. “I feel like my head belongs to me for the first time in my life,” I replied. Wow, I had no idea what that long hair was doing to me. I thought… Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you doing? I made a new art. It’s called Why did you journey? It’s actually a collaboration between me, Ming who drew the trilobite sticker, and a soap company whose packaging I arted over. why did you journey? April 2 2024 marker, watercolor, and Ming-made trilobite sticker on reclaimed product packaging… Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you doing? What are you favorite flowers? I met a lady at a cafe who said she’s crazy about flowers. “You wouldn’t know it, looking at me,” she said. “You’ll have to come back in the summer.” She pushed up her sleeve to show me a big flower tattoo on her… Read More »
Hello, reader. Happy leap day. How’s life? I interviewed my new friend Jess Coble of the Zero Collective about noise. I’m proud of how it turned out. I like what Jess told me about art practice: You are what you do, so do what you love. Yes, I live by that too. Please listen to… Read More »
This post bamboo is a letter to my friend, if you would like to see how much I love plants. walk Dear friend, I went for a little walk this morning and looked at the plant I thought was bamboo. My phone told me that yes, it is bamboo–golden bamboo, the vulgaris. Bambusa vulgaris. Looks… Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you? Priestess Candace Ross passed over in May 2023. She’s one of the four mothers on the other side I honored during my Mother’s Day ritual, soon after she died. Lately I’ve been crying because so many mothers I need are no longer among the living. I can step up and… Read More »
Hello, reader. How you doing? A friend used the word infatuation to describe a feeling I had, or an experience–when a crush develops, and sexual desire charges a friendship. I don’t like the word infatuation because it feels demeaning. I’ve been thinking about how we talk about love and desire. what is love Love is… Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you doing? I heard an amazing lecture about food and culture. The lecture was given just recently by my new hero Mele Martinez. It’s about food in Tucson. Mele Martinez is amazing. Tucson Wow, I love Tuscon. It’s in Arizona, and sometimes I wish I could live there. In the winter,… Read More »
“Letting go of body shame helped me lose art shame,” I told my friend. They were asking how I got my art practice. Yes, I think body shame is at the root of all the shame that has kept me from doing what I need to do. Healing my shame is a big deal–it frees… Read More »
This open letter to YouTube is asking for justice for poor and disabled people who have different sensory needs because of autism. Dear YouTube: Thank you for gathering so much music into one place. I’ve used your website for many years, steadfast as friends went to spotify–even before then, as friends used Pandora. I like… Read More »