My very very first paid-only subscriber post is brought to you by Sacramento, California. Why? Because my very first 2 paid subscribers are living in Sacramento and are two of my favorite creatives in the world. Shoutout and deep appreciation to two folks who have supported and cheerleaded my creative and spiritual life from near and far for many years! I love you so so much and am inifintely more hopeful in my own life because I have your support.
I have found myself coming to tears over the past weeks thinking about the folks who have shown up and demonstrated deep trustworthiness on the topic of the things that I have felt most vulnerable and tender about sharing over the years - namely my inner spiritual life and my work as an artist. Probably because both of these pieces of my world feel inextricably tied to all other aspects of my being: my understanding of my own family history, my personal trauma, my queer and multiracial identities, my experience of my gender, my chronic pain, my politics, and my emerging understanding of my own neurodivergence.
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