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I have work included in a group exhibition about trees at Richard Levy Gallery. My piece is a video of a tree ceremony that took place...

Aug 1, 2024

Equinox Tree Vigil

A 3-day equinox vigil (beginning September 21st) in a tree near my home revealed myself to me. It was luminous to be held by a tree for 3...

Dec 26, 2023

A Tree Vigil on the Summer Solstice

I held a 24 hour Tree Vigil on the summer solstice (June 21st). It was a beautiful experience of being in my creature self, untethered to...

Jul 1, 2023

Planting Foreign Trees

My sister helped me plant a cottonwood tree in my yard, and then my sister planted me. J P is a tree. 제피는 나무입니다. My blood is tree. I...

May 18, 2023

당산나무 의식 Tree Ceremony

What is a tree ceremony? It depends on the tree and what or whom is being honored. This one is about honoring and strengthening...

Apr 30, 2023

층층 나무 Layered Tree Raising

What does it mean to witness the raising of a tree? What is the meaning you sense in the evergreen? This opening performance took place...

Jan 20, 2023

PechaKucha Night Volume 15: Perception

I presented My Jender is Tree at PechaKucha Night Vol 15: Perception hosted by Creative Santa Fe at SITE Santa Fe on Thursday, November...

Nov 21, 2022

My Jender is Tree

I explore the relationship between truth, beauty, and identity in my artwork. More recently, language and story are main characters...

Sep 29, 2022

The Tethered Tree Creates a New Shape and Rhythm

A tree tethering ceremony took place shortly after the winter solstice of 2021. The tethered ties changed by the hand of an anonymous...

May 19, 2022

Update on the Tethered Tree

Someone came by and tied the loose ribbon ends that were trailing on the ground of the tethered tree to a nearby fence. I love this...

Feb 26, 2022

A Tree Tethering

There are trees on the acequias near my home that I am in relationship with. They are a constellation of felt energy in a pattern that...

Jan 11, 2022