09/28/2020
Ten years ago I was living near Lansdowne and Dupont with an ex, trying to figure out who I really am. My parents had split, and my grandfather had died after a long battle with kidney failure. It felt like everything was falling apart around me and I didn’t have anywhere to really stand. I thought maybe I’ll put what I’m feeling into art. I remember making my first few pieces and slowly coming to an understanding that I was channelling. Sometimes, time would fly by and I would not even notice, surrounded by crystals and tools and wire and buckets of beads.
It’s taken a lot for me to be brave enough to show myself through my art, year after year. Even times that I wanted to stop, I still felt drawn to create, and I still felt an obligation to share. Wild Moon Jewelry grew me up. I learned so much about being a boss, creative collaboration, and what it means to be truly dedicated to art practice. I’ve had struggles, but I can honestly say following my heART brought me to every place I’ve ever needed to be.
This year was really rough for a lot of people. Corporations and governments are pushing this narrative that things are going to get worse. Mother Earth is changing due to our actions. But I’m challenging the notion that we are doomed through the affirmations/writing that I’ve been doing. I deeply believe in my ability to manifest the life I want - even in all this uncertainty. I will not resign my future to the imaginations of people who don’t wish to see black and brown people thrive. I once saw a quote that said, “The goal of oppressors is to limit your imagination about what is possible.” We are all now living in the imagined world of white men who thought/didn’t think about our cities, our communities, our lives - hundreds of years ago. I am in the process of writing my story, my preferred future. While we are aware that challenges will always exist for us, we have to take control of the narrative and co-create with the universe the kind of lives we want to live - individually and collectively.
Thank you forever to my chosen fam and all customers/supporters who have shared and worn my work all these years.
📸 by the ever-amazing
