Familiar (Permafrost)

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The "Familiar" series explores the idea of finding family / the familiar / a familiar within oneself, as well as a small circle of people not related by blood. The house, the architectural structure is a representation of the self, holding both a void and dense population, the mysterious and unexplored, the shut in and closed off chapters of the self. Where and how do we access it, how do we create entrance points for others? Where is it situated, how is it protected? Each painting of the series is paired with a piece of writing and music that investigates the search for connection and kinship during a time of chaos and disconnect.

permafrost

i unfurl in spite of the cold
pinch the soles of my feet
in thirty-seven rows
with nails i have grown from these fingers
while hammered
i need a better grasp on the ice
will shape these feet into grippers
a brittle
numbing
slippery slope
i am the mother, the son,
the unholy, the most
cryogenically frozen love potion
preserved in permafrost
for future generations
lusting for scraps and glimmer
see it all wash down the falls
these precious hopes, shaken up
naked, bubbly
they plummet
stripped down
cracked open
hungry.

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