: an essay for BERM issue 06
“The ability to act emerges from within the relationship, not outside of it. Within interaction, we are faced in that moment to become who we want to be. Take this moment for one deep breath. To respond how we would like is a practice. With practice, it becomes easy. Imaginary walls disappear from in front of me. I realize I was free all along.”
: an essay
: mfa master’s thesis
Part One: Ancestral Home / Part Two: Ancestral Prayer
Part Three: Ancestral Queerness / Part Four: Ancestral Spine
Part Five: Ancestral Tangle / Part Six: Ancestral Distance
: an essay
“ Death is sad no matter how long we prepare for it. I feel like I’ve been preparing for the death of my family for a very long time. But when it happens, even after months of suffering, it still seems too soon, too shocking…
“ I’ve been holding a lot of shame recently. It comes from all different directions, more than I can list. Needless to say, I have not been compassionate to myself and it feels like I've been living in a downward spiral for the past few months. But that’s not the point. I am here to say that our relationships with ourselves are our relationships with our dead….