“For the new year, I spent my first three weeks of January as an Artist in Residence at SPACE Gallery, upstairs in their residency room. This was my second time being awarded this residency after applying for their BIPOC Rent Free Studio + Residency Program in 2022, and again in the Fall of 2024. I feel so grateful to have been selected for a second year, and what a special thing it is to be able to return to a place.”
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“Something that I am noticing in my life is the ways that our society and systems speed us along. And I’m noticing how I long to slow down. That longing comes from the desire to feel more intentional, fulfilled by presence, and to add a sense of awe, preciousness, and sacredness to my life as much as I can. I want to be careful with my time. Careful in a way that is not fearful or scarce, but careful as in adding in more love, adding in more romance, creating attention, creating beauty, reverence, and joy. I think if life can even be filled a little more than half with those things, life can be pretty good. Even when it’s bad, if those pieces can ground me, I’ll always find my way back.”
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