Artwork By: Gusfink

Artwork by: Gusfink🖤

nature held me close and seemed to find no fault with me

terfs fuck off

made in 2023

i say "godspeed, soldier" way too much for someone who puts their faith in neither god nor the military

I have journeyed into the land of submission again and again, and always returned with the realization that no one is better at ruling my life than me. Normally it is a bitter recognition that the person I had hoped to give myself to will never be able to handle the responsibility, or I come up against some instinctual resistance in myself and conclude I was just never suited to it, I'm too certain and large a presence. but sometimes it feels empowering, like it's a reason to claim the reality I have made for myself instead of trying to escape it all the time. Most people have a "Bitch, you live like this???" type existence to me, once I really come to understand it, and that means I'm already in the safest hands. I can handle things better than just about anyone I've ever met, at least in the ways that I'd want to handle them, and my life has been better than all my attempts at my fantasies. It's sad to lose a fantasy, the way you lose the capacity to imagine quite so vividly once you stop being a kid, but with it comes with power to create things in the actual world -- to understand how things truly operate, experiment with cause and effect, and leave one's mark on the planet in a legitimate way, however small. I'm sure I'll always return to the fantasy. It's never left me, it falls all over me every night and I have to drag my way out from under it ever single morning. But sometimes I'm actually relieved to claim the day, where I'm capable, clear-headed, and a person that nobody else could have ever made me into.

The Stunning Astronomical Beadwork of Native Artist Margaret Nazon

Margaret Nazon has spent the past decade building intricate beadwork depictions of outer space. The colorful artworks balance representational and stylized aesthetics set on black fabric backgrounds to depict galaxies, planets, nebulae, and other astronomical phenomena.

Initially inspired by Hubble space telescope images, Nazon’s celestial renderings are part of a lifelong interest in beading. In an interview with Glenbow, the artist shared that she began beading at age 10, but found the density of traditional beadwork to be tedious.

The abstract nature of celestial images allows Nazon to be more interpretive and incorporate different materials like caribou bones and willow seeds that have location-specific or cultural significance. Nazon is Tsiigehtchic, part of the Gwich’in community in what is now the Northwest Territories of Canada. The artist explained that because she is retired, she is able to dedicate significant time to beading, and often rises at 4:30am to begin working. Nazon plans to continue experimenting, including merging her abstract beadwork with her seamstress skills to create artfully embellished apparel.

Nazon’s artwork was most recently exhibited at Glenbow in a group show, Cosmos, and A Beaded Universe at Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre. You can read more about her in the Glenbow interview, and explore Nazon’s portfolio on her website.

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"i have the right of way" was a form of protective charm uttered by urban travellers in the early 21st century. They believed this phrase acted as a ward against danger and injury, invoking the divine spirit of 'Traffic Law', one of their primary deities.