Interdisciplinary artwork, including installation & print
Daughter
on your brow I see
the maps and flags of places
you’ve never been– human migration
across tundra and the sea.
You wrinkle your nose and cry like a cat
mewling
perhaps last time you made that noise you were under the stars, people in tents with goats, cutting themselves with sharp stones.
Everyone who holds you
is unnerved by your fragility, your newness
but they’re forgetting
you were born in blood
pulled on a rope
memories lovingly
washed away by Charon before
setting foot back on this side.
You leapt from unborn to newly born
you walked across a narrow bridge
without fear
and all you know is strength
my tiny warrior
my heart
my woman for a new age.
Found a copy of Maternal Mitochondria’s art project Spilled Ink in the shelves… If someone tries to buy this, Collected Works Bookstore is going to be really confused! Spilled Ink is a small chapbook filled with poetry, photography, and suminagashi from an artist residency at Wildacres in North Carolina. We had just read Amanda Palmer’s The Art of Asking, and I participated in the community that grew up around the book, sending free copies to people around the world (and sometimes getting weird, awesome book art in return). So we decided that Spilled Ink would not be purchasable, and would mostly be given to people who asked for it… I say mostly because I definitely foisted off a few on my poor friends! So it’s super fun to still find copies of this hidden around town.
You can keep up with Maternal Mitochondria’s art project Sumi A Day on Tumblr! New prints (almost) every day.
These photographs were taken and edited on my android phone. We left some pain pills for Baron Samedi, as a thank you for intervening with the bone doctors ☠️
Not art related, but homesteading instead! I will be teaching a 4-hr workshop on February 9th on how to start your own little backyard flock. Sign up through the continuing ed department at Santa Fe Community College! Only $49.
Art by Isabel W.S. 