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c’est la rentrée!! 12 weeks, 82 days, 3 performances, 1 exhibit, 24 workshops, 2 lectures & 1 panel ahead of me before i fly off to india. so bring it on, ‘coz she couldn’t be more ready & she’s gonna burn. it. all. down. 🔥💃🏾🔥💃🏾🔥💃🏾🔥 #artist #artsfacilitator #culturalmediator #mentor #teacher #performer #writer #poet #queer #trans #femme #queerpoet #queerartist #blackgirlmagic #transmauritius #transmontreal (at Montreal, Quebec) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bnj2R9FHhbp/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1cfrme72z7eqo

the past couple of months have been ruff.ruff.ruff, but the one thing that kept me going was all the arts-based, anti-racist & anti-colonial workshops i got to facilitate. these are from my newly designed femme of colour story-telling workshop that combines meditation, poetry & visual arts. we talked about femme ancestries & resistance, performed rituals & magic spells & then created pieces to add to our altars. it was an incredibly healing process ❤️✨🔥💃🏾 #artsfacilitator #storytelling #femmeofcolour #femmemagic #poetry #artist #lgbt #queer #queerart #trans #femme #fememmagic #ourstories transmauritius #transmontreal #qtbipoc #qtpoc #lamackerel #kamalamackerel (at Concordia University)

i am so grateful that i got to share space with these inspiring winnipeg qtbipoc warriors. in my artist talk, we got to discuss: 1. aesthetic practices as political practices that allow the emergence of marginalized voices to shift power structures; 2. aesthetic practices as tools for reclaiming languages of love & healing colonial violence; 3. aesthetic practices as transformative practices of the self that allow intuition & faith to emerge. i feel so blessed that i got to do this work & that i got to grow from engaging with the local contexts of these artists, organizers, facilitators, academics, movers & shakers. thank you again @qpocwinnipeg & @uzomachioma #qtpoc #qtpoc #qtbipoc #winnipeg #dropthemic #blackhistorymonth #bhm #bhmwinnipeg #artsfacilitator #facilitator #culturalmediator #poetry #spokenword #artist #ontour #performer #poetrycommunity #transwinnipeg #transmontreal #transmauritius #queer #lgbt #lamackerel #kamalamackerel (at MAWA Mentoring Artists for Women's Art)