reglow’s positionality acknowledgement, delusional white supremacy, and religious spiritual journeying

[single quotation marks denote a fragment of identity emerging through rhizomatic networks of languages]

whiteness is empty, has no sustenance or truth of identity outside of itself that is vital. the delusion is that it is supreme. the reality is that we are deeply interconnected through layers of multiplicity.

in cultivating roots of identity beyond supremacy ‘we’ tend to healing from being an oppressed oppressor at degrees of intersections, beyond whiteness, beyond the chasm of colonialism, and inward towards heart intelligence.

who am ‘i' if  ‘i' am not white?

how do ‘i' respond to the delusion of whiteness and dismantle the real oppression it causes?

how do ‘i' cultivate identity outside of whiteness?

who are ‘my’ indigenous ancestors pre-colonization if not also my ancestral lands and how do ‘we’ cultivate relationship?

‘my’ ancestors are from what english language currently calls sweden, the netherlands, ireland [Eire], spain, and america. ‘i' am made up of layers of time and matter in these places and regions, and the peoples who were birthed from these places and regions. ‘i' carry their memories in ‘my’ body, the memories of ancestors, places, and regions. as ‘i' carry these memories in ‘my’ body, they come alive, are acknowledged, and processed when ‘i’ journey through realms of ‘my’ imagination. this is a way for ‘me’ to cultivate identity beyond whiteness. after roots were severed, they make way to grow back. this is the craft of reglow.

‘i' believe that my separate self is an illusion and that we are interconnected through source(s) and in the multiverse of experience beyond space and time.

how do ‘i' uplift and center people of hues as ‘we’ are interconnected?

how do ‘we’ hold central space for [marginalized] multiplicity and harmonize?

in queerness

this blog post has been influenced by the work of:

Sonya Renee Taylor

Rachel Ricketts

A Thousand Plateaus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia by Deleuze and Guattari

“and” [review of deleuze and race] by Peter Kulchyski

Whiteness is Not an Ancestor: Essays on Life and Lineage by white Women. by Lisa B. Iversen

& more

synthesize being collection

This work addresses layers of relationship between imagination and reflection.

Layers are the texture, pattern, weave, and connection. The layers I refer to are poetic, neurological, systemic, biological, and manufactured. The layers exist in narratives of the past and future and meet in the present materialized reality. By engaging all of my senses, I have been centered in ecosophy. I have approached this work by surrendering to a journey. I have produced work inside regenerative space. I have called this space a Living Design Studio. In this I have activated sacred, playful, creative, emotional, mindful, intuitive, and material engagement. Activating this space has re-contextualized systems of labor, waste, design, consumption, mind, imagination, and resources.

I have used my body as a vessel to alchemize the microcosm that I engage with. I have been deconstructing and reflecting through the dance of creativity. I have intuited the movement of my body through the intelligence of my heart. 

The egg is a womb space that has represented my microcosm, which carries a pattern of the macrocosm. I have seen the microcosm inside of this egg as a reflection of the macrocosm of the universe and my orientation within that. From a metaphysical perspective here, the microcosm and macrocosm could be related to anything and everything beyond space and time depending on what is being addressed.

The materials in these works have related to the processing of my being through their literal names, essential qualities, scales, and densities. The egg has appeared throughout the work; symbolizing contextualized presence, as listed materials, and as the creative capacity of being.

The collection is currently in process.

To engage, we have recycled patch sewing kits and you can join our live streams to join our crafting journey through the fibers.