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I’ve just returned home from a long journey out of the west with my entire Trinity series in tow. Each art-week period feels like a major milestone, and they very much are. Nothing has turned out as expected, and the one essential lesson I’ve learned from that is that I must maintain balance to be most adaptable to the unclear path ahead. All my energy is wrapped up in pending creation, as a default mode of living out this very lesson. My efforts lie in preparation, and I now stand firm on the precipice.

Some things I’ve changed over the past few months have fed that energy. I’m in the cleansing stage of course, sobering up in every way, in every direction, and clearing out the excess while tidying up what remains. Cleansing is a ritual, a ceremonial bath. It amplifies the spirit, gives volume to inner voice. Shedding layers, releasing weight, assisting the winds of change. Expect to find new writing entries happening here throughout the process, as I’ve greatly limited social interactions in lieu of creative work.
I am stepping back from the hum of everyday conversation to listen more closely to the quieter sounds that shape a project: the hush of early mornings, the static between ideas, the friction of revision. This space will record what I discover, what I discard, and what endures. Entries will vary; fragments, reflections, draft passages, and occasional structural notes, all intended to map the evolving form of the work.

Attention is a rare material. To produce something considered, each thread of focus must be protected from the small, insistent demands that normally dictate time. Reducing social commitments is investment; a deliberate allocation of attention toward making and refining.

Expect frequent, irregular updates that capture progress and process, honest takes on breakthroughs and dead ends, short excerpts of writing that may later change or be folded into larger pieces, occasional practical remarks about schedule and milestones when helpful.

Please remember, these writings are a work in progress, not finished offerings. Consider them invitations to witness formation rather than final statements, a catalogue of decisions; recurring themes and revisions will reveal priorities. As an archive of attention; where it lands, how it moves, and what it leaves.

You’ll see process outpace polish, constraint used as a means of clarity, and how solitude, when chosen for creation rather than escape, shapes the work’s surface and its deeper architecture.

Today, three weeks after my return from out west, I am completing my first piece of art for next year’s solo exhibit. I’ve refrained from writing anything about it until I worked it out, as it’s been a difficult one to come by and I’ve really been sitting with this theme; womanhood, devotion, and love. Over the past three months, I’ve experienced a lot change. I call it my bottleneck moment, because though it was a challenging period, I now feel release, renewal, and focus. My path is more clear than ever before. It has been some time since I’ve felt inner peace like this, and I have all that chaos to thank for pulling me back into remembrance.

I will share a bit about the new piece soon.

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