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“P I N E” by m i c c a @ Beach 81st, Far Rockaway

I put my arms around the dry branches, sunk my face between the needles. I remembered holding you like this before you left. I remembered when we did this without thinking.

Looking to a “Beautiful Future” with Rita Kalnejais

I’m interested in setting myself as big a challenge as I can when I’m writing, saying to myself, “How can I love you?”

Preview: “Departure Study of Mother/land Fabric” presented by The Exponential Festival, filmed at The Brick Theater

What is the body if not your closest, most concrete tie to blood lineage? It’s a mirror, a translation, a vessel for parallels and repetition across oceans and decades.

Sophia Cleary’s “One & Only” at The Kitchen

“I aim to be a balance between a healer, a dictator, and an anarchist” – Sophia Cleary

Creative Outlet: A Conversation with Shannon Yu

Paper. A tongue? A face? Hands, elbows, emerging body parts. Two bodies. Questions. Who are they to each other? Will they ever come out from behind the semi-translucent wall? Conceal and reveal. Discovery. Peekaboo, peep show, peeling back wrapping paper; pulling the curtain open in a stranger’s house to see a familiar smile.

The Many Soundscapes of PLEASURE MACHINE

Some would argue that there is nothing wrong with money from those who have too much and using it to support yourself and your community— a creative Robin Hood of sorts. But is taking advantage of a convenient situation the same as being complicit?

Cosmic Heart: a Conversation with Daniel Alexander Jones

I don’t think it’s our job to banish the darkness. But I think it’s our job to understand that the light locates us in this womb. It locates us in this infinite and ever expanding universe. And it gives us an opportunity to be present.

On Permission

I feel tension between practice and permission. I relish in the freedom and the challenge to make what I can make with the time and resources that I already have at my disposal.