new moon ceremony
2018
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
burning retinas missing sun
delay
sitting like a rock
waiting for light to break
clouds oil to crown 5:05 AM
sunrise oil to sole 5:16 AM
rain the divine 5:18 AM
submerge 58° ocean
sprinting heart breaking waves emerge day
purification
rite
2018
[be prepared]
[ask permission]
[protect yourself]
[approach respectfuly]
[pray for guidance]
failed attempt at fire 5:20 PM
black charcoal unlit copal
co-conspirator 5:29 PM candle / sticks / matches
fingers flame & smoke
spiraling sweet aroma 5:34 PM
a different state of mind
a deeper presence of body
awakened 11th sense 5:50 PM
the distinction between
past & present gone 6:47 PM
the difference between
physical & nonphysical
vanished 8:52 PM
axis Mundi
[or learning from trees] 2018
[listen to wind]
[forehead to trunk]
[keep feet on ground]
[absorb cells of tree]
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
