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“"these works are meant as devotional prayers to the family body.
When I think of healing in the context of family… I can’t really separate ancestor work, from nervous system work, or interpersonal work between living family members. I can’t really even divide chosen family, from nuclear family, from extended family, from romantic partner, from larger community contexts. My family is present in my gut health, in my mental health - I am present in my great-great-grandparent who I never met. That’s not to say that we aren’t distinct, or that we don’t have boundaries between us… but when I go in to heal or understand one facet of family, all the other facets of my body, my relationships, my experience of love are there with me. These pieces felt like ritual communications to that family body - kind of a commitment.”