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The world’s oldest forest - Cairo, NY. ꂦ It’

The world’s oldest forest - Cairo, NY.
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It’s been quite some time since I’ve posted. Winter hibernation coupled with pandemic isolation has wreaked havoc on my creative motivations and direction. What once inspired, now feels trivial in the scheme of things and I find myself gravitating away from those subjects and methodologies and towards new realms of more meaningful work and reevaluating processes and modes of creation. Starting over is daunting, especially when building a particular vision over a decade feels all for naught. But there is an excited energy there too - of exploration, experimentation and unknown destinations these new paths lead to. This past year I’ve found myself embroiled in fighting for indigenous land close to home - working with local environmental organizations and becoming close friends with indigenous leaders in my community. The work has been incredibly rewarding - but has also opened my eyes to how deep the roots of colonialism has run- and continue to run in this country. There is still much work to do - but these new knowledges are what guide me now - and have truly enlightened me to how badly we need to reconnect with our planet and people with new perspectives.
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On that note - these images are from the world’s oldest known forest that was discovered just a few years ago about an hour from where I live in Cairo,NY. What you are looking at are the 385 million year old fossilized remains of Archaeopteris - the first trees known to sequester Co2 from the air helping to create the atmosphere on earth that we enjoy today. I ventured there this summer and had the whole old quarry where they were found to myself. To be present in this space, with these ancient ancestors was one of the most profound experiences and put so much into perspective.
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I look forward to posting more here - sharing the places I discover and the work that comes from these experiences - both personal and collective. Thank you for joining me on this journey.
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New York ... you constantly surprise me 🙂 Explori

New York ... you constantly surprise me 🙂 Exploring new places and new material (hi)stories
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𝚁𝚎𝚍 𝙾𝚌𝚑𝚛𝚎 ꂦ 𝙷𝚎𝚖

𝚁𝚎𝚍 𝙾𝚌𝚑𝚛𝚎 ꂦ 𝙷𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚝𝚎 : 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚌 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚔 - 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚔𝚘𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚕 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚕𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚜𝚎𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚜 - 𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚟𝚒𝚋𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚢 𝚑𝚒𝚍𝚍𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚢𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚋𝚎𝚍𝚛𝚘𝚌𝚔 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚕𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚗𝚎 - 𝚏𝚞𝚛𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚢 𝚎𝚢𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚢 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚜𝚝 𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚎𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚎𝚡𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚐𝚒𝚏𝚝𝚜. 𝙸 𝚝𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚊 𝚛𝚘𝚊𝚍 𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚙 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚔 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚊𝚗 𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚂𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚌𝚊 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚕 - 𝚊 𝚐𝚘𝚛𝚐𝚎 𝚌𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚑𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚘𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚌 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚎 - 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚢 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 - 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚒𝚏𝚝𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚘𝚕𝚘𝚛 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚎𝚡𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚐𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚝 𝚋𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚜 𝚛𝚎𝚍.
𝙼𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚍𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝙵𝚒𝚎𝚕𝚍 𝙽𝚘𝚝𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚗 𝚠𝚠𝚠.𝚗𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚜.𝚌𝚘𝚖
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Today I processed the Bone Black pigment I created

Today I processed the Bone Black pigment I created from found Raccoon shoulder blades and some Turkey bones I saved from last Thanksgiving - that had been charred in last evenings fire. These materials, the lithic and elemental collaborators that reside within us, animals that we are, that allow us movement, migration, creation, structure have always spoken a language I have been captivated by.

Incorporating these agents in art and archive, working in tandem with mineral, botanical and lithic kin - with the aid of earth, fire, water and air - they combine to reveal old histories and mingle to tell new stories. They are good teachers as they lead the way to deepening connections with planet and cultures through the lens of their vibrant matter.

Bone black ... 10% Carbon, 84% Calcium phosphate, 6% Calcium carbonate. Bone black is denser than lamp black, and the least pure form of carbon black. It has a blueish hue and is an inorganic substance in this form. It mainly consists of hydroxyapatite - also known as bone mineral which is a naturally occurring form of calcium apatite. However, due to human intervention of charring the bones to create this pigment - it is then considered a synthetic substance - though it still contains organic substances that are not completely modified through the process of human intervention/extraction/collaboration.
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𝙿𝚒𝚐𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝙴𝚌𝚘𝚜𝚢𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚜 ꂦ 𝙻𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚌 𝙰𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚢 ꂦ 𝚅𝚒𝚋𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝙼𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛
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The hunt for pigment yields a magnetic and vibrant

The hunt for pigment yields a magnetic and vibrant pull. Lithic and Mineral agents act together as allies, wielding a strong and vital force - calling out in petric duet for curiosity, discovery and research - a provocation to cross-ontological fellowship.

These companions have things to say, many stories to tell if only we humans listened more humbly, passively, and respectfully. Theirs are the voices I hear, enticing me to wander landscapes formed by collaborative powers far greater and more complex than ourselves. Theirs are the voices that have called to others before me - to peoples who understood their knowledge and respected their agency - becoming collaborators through lithic modes of expression and survival, and later, through evolving greed and egoism - to those who cut off their intimate companionship with their nonhuman partners - pushing forward with destructive anthropocentric mentalities of taming their wild aesthetic through extractive industrial practices.

Deposits of ochre were usually found in association with deposits of kaolin, which is a pure-white type stone that when crushed found use in the pottery industry. Kaolin mined and processed in eastern Bennington was used by the Norton Pottery and the US Pottery, both of which operated along today’s Park Street (formerly Pottery Street), and as a Oiller for candy!
Also associated with ochre and kaolin deposits were thrust faults and natural springs. The faults generally ran north- south but some east-west and variants in between. These parallel-running geologic features are generally found along the western base of the Green Mountains. (Victor Rolando) ... more on this soon 🙂
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Spent this past weekend getting a lot of sun and s

Spent this past weekend getting a lot of sun and standing in solidarity with our Indigenous Nations. Saturday morning was spent peacefully walking with Jun Sun and members of the Grafton Peace Pagoda for Indigenous Solidarity from downtown Troy to Peebles Island where a beautiful ceremony was held on sacred land.

Sunday afternoon, I was honored and truly humbled to participate with the Three Sisters Sovereignty Project, along with many others from the Local community, stripping cedar poles for the construction of a longhouse they will be using for community outreach and education on their rematriated land. I look forward to returning this weekend to continue to lend a hand 🙂 Please be sure to check out their work and see how you can help this amazing local project - they post public calls for participation on their Instagram.

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𝚂𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝙲𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝙶𝚒𝚟𝚎

𝚂𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝙲𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝙶𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢 🍂 ... our world is thrust in turmoil, some places more than others - and self care is so important and often overlooked. Art, gentle words, earth & plants - all provide properties for healing, transformation and catharsis. My work with plants and earth to create pigments, transforming those natural treasures into workable forms for creating art is one of the greatest gifts I could imagine receiving - and the stories that arise from the places and the people I encounter through this project, are a medicine in their own right.
So ... to pass along little bits of my journey, and to share some of the bits and pieces that have brought me joy this summer thus far I am having a little giveaway to help provide a few things to incorporate into your own self care rituals, including : Radical Tenderness - a small chapbook of inspiring words, a 1oz. Bottle of Japanese Knotweed Ink - harvested from my home for your artmaking :), and a .50oz container of Plantain ( Broad and Narrow Leaf) and Jewelweed Salve - harvested near the streambed in my village and crafted with olive and coconut oils - perfect for those big bites and scratches that are part of being out in and enjoying nature.
To enter :
1. Please follow Narrative Terrains
2. If you are already following, or a new follower - tag 2 people in the comments.
3. For an extra entry - add to your story

The drawing will be held on Sunday evening July 12 🙂

Sending you much love and support and stay tuned for other giveaways, store opening and more stories from upcoming pigment foraging adventures 🙂

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