passion powerhouse
IG: @passionpowerhouse
TITLE: abundance begins within, 2023 (not for sale)
MEDIUM: acrylic, cotton + mirrors on canvas (30 x 24 x 0.5)
DESCRIPTIONS:
This piece speaks to the perpetual return to oneself— a journey through remembrance, recognition, and reclamation. The ability to discern, to know, and to choose. Being reminded of the potential and vastness that already exists within and what that means through each chapter.
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I want to remember as much as I can— what’s necessary on these paths of sacred continuance. I want to remember my inherent worth, belonging, and the power I have in returning to deep knowing again and again. I want to remember I’m never really alone, and it isn’t all mine to carry. I can’t forget the impermanence of it all. The interdependence of it all. The mirrors and reflections. I imagine more and less— more of what we genuinely need, desire, and have lacked, and less of what keeps us further away from abundant possibility and natural reciprocity. I see alchemy, transformation, and radical acceptance. I see efforts, experiments, and practice. I see genuine love, compassion, and closeness.
I’m not the traumas I carry or stories I’ve grasped onto too tightly.
I can remember, return, and rewrite my own stories.
A homecoming. Again and again.
Mind. Body. Spirit.
BIO/ARTIST STATEMENT:
As a deeply curious (queer) being, and through creativity, I practice living and engaging with the world and my surroundings in ways that contribute to realities I know possible. My queerness is integral to my practice and allows me to choose what’s expansive, liberating, tender, and alive rather than what’s repressive, controlling, or harmful. Whether I’m working through words, paint, scraps, clay, or daily rituals, my creative practice is a means of expression, connection, reflection, commentary, and more. It's how I listen, process, ask questions, cope, and attempt to make sense of the ever-shifting environments within and around me.
Through this ongoing exploration, I realized that one of the main threads running through my work is the notion of reminders. They're integral charms and perspective shifts that guide me back to intention, presence, and compassion. Reminders to pause, return, look more closely; reminders of what really matters and can be easy to forget; reminders that the path forward is rarely linear, and that the act of remembering is what tends to keep us going at all.
I immerse myself in what’s real, raw, and vulnerable, even when it’s uncomfortable or difficult, because I know that’s what brings me closer to the kinds of richer lives still available under these conditions. My work invites others into a space of noticing. It calls for a willingness to remain open enough to see beyond what’s been prescribed or embedded— to come back to ourselves and to what’s human and true in each moment, again and again. It's a space that continues to make room for the contradictions within and around us, embracing radical acceptance.
Aside from what I personally reap from the work, my hope has always been that you’re left with feelings, pieces or experiences that bring value to your life. I truly believe our most profound medicine is often found within us and alongside others.
