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poem for the new year

Posted 1 January 2017 by theorist & filed under Life.

happiness tastes
like copper
tastes
pointed, strange, conductive, conducive
changing the flavor of everything
that comes after

other things that may cause a metallic taste:
drugs and medications
infections
cancer treatment
pregnancy
epilepsy
dementia

all these altered states
tasting of pennies
fraying memory
slowly fading alkaline ecstasy
changing everything that comes after

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  1. waterfallmagazine.com October 29th, 2020

    https://waterfallmagazine.com
    Highly energetic article, I loved that a lot. Will there be a part 2?

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while this year has been so different from what we while this year has been so different from what we might have imagined back in january, it has definitely lived up to its emperor year title. there were several firsts for me: my first solo show, art award, my first big sculpture sales, and to cap it all off i have organized an online art auction with the ceramics studio at crealdé. i already knew these folks were wonderful artists, and working closely with them on this project has shown me what wonderful people they are, too. it’s been a pleasure and a great learning experience, and here’s hoping it is also a success! the auction, featuring ~100 works by 25 artists, will take place from december 4-6 at crealdeceramics.org. you can sign up there now for an email reminder when the auction goes live. (if you share this in your feeds and stories, i will be eternally grateful!)
“may the dry bones of our benevolent ancestors r “may the dry bones of our benevolent ancestors rise. may we feel their kind hands on our backs as we honor our collective destiny through our work for justice. and together, may we become the living redemption of liberation.” havdalah+blue moon+samhain blessing by @rebekaherevstudio
cyanotype tests... forever grateful to have a gara cyanotype tests... forever grateful to have a garage and a clothesline and a utility sink
i've been preparing these tinctures for months, so i've been preparing these tinctures for months, so i'm excited to finally be sharing them. plants are a big part of my life. i live with plants, i work with plants, and plants nourish me in many ways. plants also connect me to place, both the land i live on and the other lands i am connected to: new york (where my siblings and i, my father, and my grandparents were born), estonia (where my son was born), belgium (where my husband was born), the netherlands (where my mother was born), the ukraine (where my great-grandparents were born), and the levant (much further back). my newest way of interacting with plants is through the process of making these tinctures. each batch takes around two months, and i love the brief daily tending of the tincture jars during those months. in addition to supporting my own well-being, i hope these tinctures will benefit my friends and loved ones and broader community. beyond my connection with plants, i want to support people who are actively engaged in protesting and community building/organizing. self-care is an *essential* part of sustainable action. to that end, i've created a webshop at fadetheory.com (with sliding scale pricing as low as $0). currently in the shop, you'll find thyme, cuban oregano, and elderberry tinctures, rosemary and cypress bundles, and an incense holder. more good things to come...
my mantra is currently “another world is possibl my mantra is currently “another world is possible.” it’s how i was able to move on from tuesday’s dumpster fire of a presidential “debate” and have a good day yesterday. i built the frame of my bamboo sukkah and prepped materials for cyanotypes, received a letter in the mail from a friend and discovered that the seeds i planted a few days ago have sprouted, celebrated my husband’s birthday and got burritos and tacos from my favorite food truck. it was a good day.
picked the last of my okra today, plus a dried pod picked the last of my okra today, plus a dried pod to harvest seeds for next year. the pod is so beautiful that i decided to add it to my shelf of (mostly) natural wonders.
like this woven dough (and to paraphrase sam shep like this woven dough (and to paraphrase sam shepard), the end evolves into another beginning. today we had the end of 5780 and the start of 5781. my nibling halle's birthday and the passing of a hero (rbg). shana tova u'metukah – wishing all a good and sweet new year and a sweet rest to those who have gone before us.
it is labor day in the u.s., and i’m thinking ab it is labor day in the u.s., and i’m thinking about all the invisible workers... those who grow, harvest, and transport our food, folks who work holidays, evenings, weekends, and multiple jobs, those who make all the things we use... thinking about anthony s. and willie b., who made the brown paper bags in which i pack plants for customers. if not for this tiny bit of transparency, i wouldn’t even know their names.
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