Pacific Rimbaud

Closest match: Bombyx mori BmN4 cell DNA, chromosome 24, sequence Common name: Domestic Silk Moth

Diné Weaver Venancio Aragón

"From researching historic twill patterns in museum collections to dyeing wool with Kool-Aid, Diné (Navajo) weaver and instructor Venancio Aragón interlocks research and experimentation to expand the visual and technical vocabularies of Diné weaving. Working on the Diné upright loom, Aragón is part of a generation of Diné weavers who reinterpret ancestral knowledge through experimentation, carrying the medium forward on their own terms. As he stated in our interview with him, “I am not a purist.”

Based in Farmington, New Mexico, Aragón is trained in cultural anthropology and Native American and Indigenous studies, currently teaching at Diné College, the Navajo Nation’s tribal college. Before transitioning to full-time weaving and teaching, Aragón worked as an interpretive park ranger at the Mesa Verde, Aztec Ruins, Bandelier, and Petroglyph National Monuments, where he led tours and developed public education initiatives. He was born to the Tó’aheedlíinii (The Water Flow Together People) clan and born for the Naakaii (Mexican people). His maternal grandfather is of the Tsénahabiłnii (Sleeping Rock) clan, and his paternal grandfather is of the Naakaii (Mexican people)."

hi. hey. hello. i can finally post this!!!!

i realize that it has been: a minute. two minutes, even. for which i am sorry/not sorry/etc, but it turns out the the path to true enlightenment is actually just being chronically offline. absolute game-changing stuff, 10/10, highly recommend.

so! i wrote a novel. it will be published in 2028. it is a campy, creepy, emotionally and thematically rich story about The Power Of Female Friendship and all the horrible, terrible things two codependent 20-something besties would be willing to do for, to, and with each other in service of it. there is also a demon (they/them) and a passive yet weirdly-plot relevant vilification of justin timberlake. (something for everyone!)

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i am finally on instagram

just continue to hang out here? i guess it's pretty cozy

anyway. back to drafting! there are highly concerning numbers next to both "messages" and "inbox" and i am very nervous about clicking them but i will: do that. soon. i pinky promise. the flesh is willing but the spirit is weak or whatever.

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We come to you with a very important missive: behold these incense boxes (kōgō) in the shape of mandarin ducks! From Meiji-period Japan (1868–1912), they are made of lacquered wood and decorated with gold and silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, and togidashimaki-e, as well as cutout gold foil application.

"They've got nobody in the Odyssey?"

"No I'm saying they don't got nobody."

"Nobody's there?"

"Nobody's not there!"

"So everyone's there?"

"Everybody but nobody!"