Weaving, 2022

 (Created with  lək̓ʷəŋən Lands)

“Weaving” explores love within the context of ancestral and land-based relationships. Two figures wrap themselves around each other while bringing together the skyworld and the waterways. When thinking about decolonial love, we think of how this relates to our relationships with other humans. This piece was created when I was in a period of reflection, trying to identify how I define sexuality and love. This reflection led to the realization that our ability to love, and those we choose to love, can be mirrored to us from the natural world. Our plant, sky, and animal kin all continue to role-model the ways we can love, as well as free us from gendered views of loving. With that, there is a responsibility for stewardship- to ourselves, to our communities, and to the land. We can become stewards to our hearts, letting it love authentically and vulnerably.