skate kitchen – crystal moselle

Hale County This Morning, This Evening – RaMell Ross

m.A.A.d – Kahlil Joseph

bell hooks, marlon riggs – Lyle Ashton Harris

grace jones, andre leon talley (studio 54) – Ron Galella

toni morrison at home, spring valley ny – Jill Krementz April 1974

Always in motion, I wonder where true rest lies. The moments where we’re completely free, soft, tender and held. the sweet exhale of remembrance that it’s our divine right to live deliciously and without fear. 

Life’s journey demands we be in production, working, striving. the busyness of our days distracting us from the natural flow of nature and connection (internal and ex). The static cling of adulting dizzying our perception of where we can stop, breathe and be. 

Stillness is where the divine enters our consciousness, leading us to truth if we have the ability to take that moment of reprieve. It’s where imagination seeds and creates synapses of understanding between ourselves and the outside; a trend towards expansion and multiplication of dimension. 

The space where rest is held shapeshifts – the embrace of a dear friend, belly laughter, a self realized home as sanctuary, solitude, community as family, 3rd spaces rooted in care. These containers remind us that where we cannot create space, space is provided. Rest as a portal, bringing us back to ourselves continually, into deeper trust and knowing. Knowing that we are seen and held. 

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there’s something special about feeling warmth in your bones.

the safety of spirit as you’re surrounded by beloveds.

spaces that tend to your heart with care.

deep waters, intimacy, vulnerability.

rest as a portal to remembrance.