. DUE WEST . california love + 11.2023 updates
Moving to Oakland, CA | starting this newsletter, selling things + massive print, painting, merch sale, new website + branding, sharing my personal writing and research, & "is it for love?" :)
When I told a new friend, I was making a cross-country move from Brooklyn to Oakland, they asked me, “Is it for love?”
More INDELIBLE + personal writing coming this month!
NOVEMBER UPDATES:
+ OAKLAND TATTOO GUEST SPOT: Nov. 20-22 + 27-29 at Tres Leches Studio!
+ DIVINE TROPIKA on 11.11.2023, hosted by :
I’ll be performing a piece based on the cosmology of PÁNGÛ 盤古. A trans/non-binary being that was born from a black egg, whose separation created heaven and earth (yinyang 陰陽/阴阳) and body manifested the natural world. The telling of this story will incorporate all the senses; movement, martial elements, soundscapes from the womb, scent, and words all created and shared by me :)
At the event, I will be offering my merch and prints ranging from $22-88. All proceeds will go to supporting USCPR (U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights) + the freedom of Palestine.
This story is meant to remind us that we are all born of origins akin…
Other upcoming west coast move, tattoo schedule, personal items/print sale and new website/branding!
🌀 Moving to Oakland on March 1, 2024: beginning of the 陽木龍 Yang Wood Dragon year. This is a stepping-stone with my partner, to learn more ways to give back to the earth.
🌀 TATTOOING: back + forth to Oakland every other month before the move, next guest spot availability (11/22 + 11/28 + 11/29). Will be back to NYC periodically to continue working on larger/ongoing work, and new projects! Please hit me up to finish tattoos before Feb. 14, 2024!
🌀 SUBSTACK: spending less and less time on IG, a way to water myself, the people, and communities around me. I’ll be sharing newsletter/updates, be more vulnerable in my personal/creative writing projects, tattoo acupuncture [INDELIBLE] research, and other future multi-medium projects.
🌀 PRINTS 55% OFF SALE: discount on ALL prints on my website, can be used as many times as you’d like until Feb. 14, 2024. CODE: westcoastbb
🌀 ITEMS SALE: posting items on my Instagram stories and highlights for anyone interested in local pickup! Please help me lighten my load and minimal-ize my life.
🌀 NEW WEBSITE/BRANDING SOON: dear friend
, an incredibly talented designer of many mediums will be helping to represent where I’m at and who I’m becoming.Letter to Lenape Land and NYC:
In deep love and appreciation 🙏🏽 thankful to New York for holding me the past 13 years, through 10 apartments, through immense and expansive growth, grief, self-destruction, self-discovery, disconnection, and rebirth. You’ve seen me in death many times over; where I’ve grieved who I will not be in this body, who I can be in other fractals of myself; that this path is always in motion and full of love. Thank you for holding the grief of my transcended mother 🤍
I’m looking forward to being welcomed back into you, more whole, more full, more embodied and certain in my inner and outer nature, as a chance to visit and greet you—to reconnect with people who have shaped me, work with those who have supported me during my time here.
I forgive you. I love you. I’m sorry and I thank you… for everything.
In these times, please care for yourself as much as you are caring for others…
❤️🔥 SHARE LOVE, SPREAD JOY ❤️🔥