#queer kin

[byrdiegrey]

If you can, please take a moment to help out my friend CJ! She and her partner Kay have been living out of a tent in LA and are trying to move back to the Bay Area to start over. Give if you can, please share even if you can't!

[godhasheardtruthfully]

Wow I am and have been a fan of Troye Sivan

[faunawolf]

Ancestry & Lineage

I recently realised the limited view I hold of who my various ancestors are. This was not a spontaneous realisation; I’ve been doing quite a

I originally published the piece I'm sharing this week in November 2017 and started to incorporate ancestors into my practice more deliberately at that time. Since then, I have cultivated a deep relationship with both my family tree ancestry and the ancestry of those committed to our collective liberation. In the coming weeks and months I’m embarking on a new art project, a commissioned Thousand-Armed Avalokiteshvara, which I’m using to explore this further.

I’ll be writing more about my process and practice as this Thangka unfolds, and it occurred to me that this blog reflection could arguably be the start of my relationship to this powerful Bodhisattva and where my practice is currently.

[philo-gyny]

There’s more than one reason to cry at graduations. Ask the queerer kin. Ask the stepparents. Ask the ex-stepparents.