Prayers, Painting & Poem

on wildfire mutual aid ❤️‍🔥 and paintings for the public vs private

My heart goes out to the people of LA & Southern CA affected by the wildfires. ❤️‍🔥

I pray for elemental balance (as Xenia of Myths of Creation put it) for the land and home of so many to recover. I pray for right redistribution of resources. I pray for refuge and care for everyone displaced.

If you have the capacity to share, the means to donate, and the ability to pray… here are some families & organizations who need our support:

• Mutual Aid LA

• Direct Relief

• Displaced Black Families in LA

And PLEASE also take care of yourself during this time of witnessing and information overload!

Showing up depleted is not an act of solidarity but a symptom of the system.

You’re always welcome to my free meditations & resources here.

I am also forwarding 25% of proceeds from my now-on-sale Lunar Mindfulness wall poster/calendar for 2025 to Mutual Aid LA.

On Creating & Keeping:

It’s strange to be an artist in the age of capitalism, mass surveillance, social media as a primary means of connection, AI theft and so many unknowns…

Attention & Intention: Off Screen and Into My Senses

Art is for everyone, yet it is also my livelihood, and it is always at risk when it is public on the internet. I try not to be paranoid about this, but it’s true…

I like to share a lot of my art freely, as if you were passing by me sketching in a coffee shop or visiting my studio.

I like to form my work into purchasable goods to stay with you in your home.

AND I like to create some of my art in secret, sharing it only with my closest patrons & supporters who feel like a trusted sort of inner circle - who understand that I do this for more than just a living, but also that I need help to sustain and pay myself. Sort of like a gallery fee of sorts? I try to keep it low since I get it

I am working on transferring my portfolio from IG back to my website - to live as a free gallery apart from my offerings & art for sale.

And while putting some of my art behind a paywall feels weird, it also feels safest for the things I don’t want to share publicly yet for one reason or another.

So this week my personal painting & poem is for my paid subscribers only, and it also lives on my Rooted Reminders Patreon in case you’re a paid member there alternatively.

a Painting & a poem