Nature is queer, non-binary. Diverse and divine. (In them, I see myself reflected. If I stay open, they feel their reflection, too.)

I look to the natural world for meaningfulness, for answers about my place in it. When I’m able to let the tension fall away, which happens more and more with beloveds and in beloved places, they reveal a nonverbal, but clear and eternal language. Mm—not reveals, lets on.

To wrap beautiful flowers, grown by sun, earth, water, and care, the song “Hasta la raíz” by the incomparable Natalia Lafourcade dawned on me, wrapped me in it like the shawl of mi abuelita. In her words, I feel home and I’ve translated her poetry to english as it speaks to me, each word chosen and set by hand.

Hasta la raiz, 26” x 15”, 2021, hand-inked split fountain on Kraft paper with letterpress printed wood and metal type.

Mix of images by the artist with print photo by Sean McDonald.