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My studio habit took a bit of a pause from this past holiday season and is still at a trickle now all the way in these early weeks of Spring. The social energy I have to spend during this time period always leaves me exhausted and depleted, unable to do much else aside from life maintenance. This time has been a good use of reflection and revisitation, I took the time to clean and reorganize my studio corner in my tiny little apartment, to take stock of all the materials I’ve been hoarding for future projects. To witness what I have makes me feel like I always have more than I need. Outside of the little bubble of my personal surroundings, the news of the world brings a different kind of carnage everyday. No matter where you are in the world right now, the fire and fury of change encircles us, and either we will experience the rain that never comes or a drowning that we have never seen before. It’s difficult to plan and even seemingly more unrealistic to hope for good things during times like these. I do not think it is good things I hope for anymore but the ability to hold steadfast for myself and those I love and wish to protect. To hold steadfast to the things that keep me tethered to the humanness of the world and the other beings that inhabit it.

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