I think I’m going to redo the first 2 blocks. It’s just 2 blocks. No harm done. I just think they could be executed better. I could incorporate more mesoamerican style into them.

You always told me and Chava

That you sheltered us from money problems and your troubled mind

Ma

What kind of shelters have you seen built? 

How were they constructed?

What were they made of?

You made ours with a kitchen knife

That you pulled on your step father when he wouldn’t stop beating your brother

Made a roof of tiny clothes

That your mother told you to put on when you were 6 after you told her what he had done to you

I often wonder, did he ask you for forgiveness before or after he asked god? Did he at all? 

You can hear this shelter from a mile away 

It sounds like metal and glass crashing inside of wooden cabinets

Like bean sidhe screams and squawking moans

Like flared nostrils and jutting lips. 

The shelter trembles at the sounds. 

You did the best with what you had

and painted it all with red nail polish

Inside the shelter is a closet

photographs pasted on the walls

You looked so happy once

I dont think I’ve ever seen you that happy

Beside the photos is a pair of Minnetonka boots

You used to wear them when you rode bare back you told me

On a palomino, I forget his name. 

When I was born and you saw my birthmark you called me your paint

This is how I know I came from a tender place

But how do you trust the tenderness of venom? 

How do you feel safe in a shelter of sharp edges?

Maybe it wasn’t from us that you wanted to escape. 

DAYS FOR SCULPTURE: Monday, Wednesday, Friday

When glass class is over, start on loom. 

DAYS FOR PRINTMAKING: Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday

Get 1 block (2 pages) of comic cut a week. 

DAYS FOR WHATEVS: Saturday

June 7th - Apply for Xochiquezal residency

Write budget per diem and proposal for Mary Jo. 

My friend Tiffany had a really awesome to do list. Im also going to try and apply to 3 shows a month. 

Well I still need to print Teotl, and I have the loom to build. 

but I need more inspiration. 

Creating landscapes.

I was driving through south Oklahoma City the other day, where I spent half of my life, past schools I went to and places I’ve lived and was thinking about how when we dont give a shit about the people of a location we dont make it pretty. Just functional. I want to put pretty up there. So some guerilla beautification is probably going to happen in the near future. 

Sculptural prints. 

I think I want to make a comic.

Animation. 

hmm…