thaw
2019
new moon ceremony
2018
abhyanga / subtle love
2018
preparation / sleepless night
rising 4:00 AM no one awake but boats
robe tied, oil steeped
moving slowly to shore
crisp air like cool breath on wrists
first light 4:44 AM
screaming cry of seagulls
low tide, slipping stones & itching legs
searching
burning retinas / missing sun
delay
sitting like a rock
waiting for light to break
clouds / oil to crown 5:05 AM
sunrise 5:16 AM
oil to sole 5:17 AM
rain / the Divine 5:18 AM
submerge 58° ocean
sprinting heart, breaking waves
emerge / day
pu·ri·
fi·ca·
tion
rite
2018
[be prepared]
[ask permission]
[protect yourself]
[approach with respect]
[pray for guidance]
ᐧ failed attempt at fire 5:20 PM
ᐧ black charcoal
ᐧ unlit copal
ᐧ co-conspirator 5:29 PM
ᐧ candle / sticks / matches
ᐧ fingers, flame & smoke
ᐧ spiraling sweet aroma 5:34 PM
ᐧ clearing air
ᐧ a different state of mind
ᐧ a deeper presence of body
ᐧ awakened 11th sense 5:50 PM
the distinction between
past and present
gone 6:47 PM
the difference between
physical and nonphysical
vanished 8:52 PM
axis Mundi
[or learning from trees] 2018
[listen to the wind]
[forehead to trunk]
[keep feet on ground]
[absorb the cells of the tree]
2018
secret acts
duration: 12 years, 2001—2013
sublimation
2013
phase transition /
of a substance
directly from
a solid to a g a s
/ defense mechanism
in which
socially unacceptable
impulses or idealizations are
unconsciously transformed into socially
acceptable actions
or behavior
