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We are curating a multimedia fibers show called Phantastic Phibers in July at Cherry Street Pier in Philadelphia. The deadline is March 31, notification by April 30, and we will install the first week of July. Here is how to submit: Send a statement on the theme and five images or installation drawings to [email protected]. The small entry fee of $10 supports exhibition costs, and there is no commission taken. Please share with other local fiber artists. (Image: crochet sculpture by Jamie Campbell)
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This #DisabilityPrideMonth I have been talking about a few things that are sometimes over looked when thinking about how environments impact people with disabilities and there is one last thing I want to address on this final weekend of the month: Photos.
When I was a child and lived in a hospital for months at a time over years getting operations, having my legs torn open and reset again and again, there was something else traumatic happening to me. The doctors, to monitor the progress of all the children at the hospital, would make us undress, down to only our underwear bottoms, and take photographs of us.
When people ask me now, as a 45 year old woman, why I will post a photograph of myself in a bikini I think of those moments. When I take and post those photos, I feel like I am taking back my autonomy. I am choosing to celebrate my body, not be critical of it. To take pride in all the work I have done and things I have overcome to get my body to the place it is right now. It has not been easy, it was not even necessary for my body to be experimental, but it happened and here I am, trying to make the best of it.
Girls with disabilities are seven times more likely to be in abusive situations and much of this comes from our bodies and selves being devalued in so many ways by so many people. We need to do a better job of making sure all people with disabilities know how beautiful our bodies are and that these bodies are ours. We get to say what happens to us, we were created this way, and we have a purpose just as we are.
This photograph:
Gerd Ludwig’s iconic photograph of eight children in Moscow missing their forearms due to a birth defect caused by industrial pollution.
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God put me here to be sexy so that people read more and I do not understand how that works but it is what is happening.
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Snake Plant in Bloom
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Sometimes, I play an instrument and sing a song.
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I get to work on amazing things.
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Great time at the Phillies Nationals game yesterday. Phils won it 11 to 3 at Nationals Stadium. Thanks to Cathi, Nancy, and Manny! (Although they were not as happy about the score as I was.)
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Weekend Soundtrack
For the Ghosts of All Dead Friends Everywhere Always
by Graham Baldwin
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One of the Adrienne Rich poems we read today.
Thank You everyone that joined 😊
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Check out this article by my friend Elliot Swan! Marvel's New Hulk Series Returns the Jade Giant to His Roots
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Thanks to everyone that joined the stream this morning. I'll be reading poetry in my yard at 5pm est today! It's gonna be a scorcher. Comment or DM any poems you may want to hear read.
Can't wait! ☀️🧸 👙
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Catastronaut revolvery @the EyeLand 5/19/23
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It was really wonderful to be involved with Laurel Hill Cemetery for Memorial Day Weekend.
Read the news coverage here:
https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/philadelphia-cemetery-continues-memorial-day-tradition/
https://whyy.org/articles/laurel-hill-cemetery-veteran-memorial-day-recognition/
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