It's easier to untangle the past if you cut the knots, but then what? coyote dreams of easy prey brings together light, sound, sculpture, and story in celebration of Indigenous resilience. Tracing paralells between land and body, this work speaks to the complicated processes of reconnection and return.

Busy hands make for a quiet mind. Bead by bead, stroke by stroke, or word by word-these processes let me unravel and synthesize what I know to be true. The slow motion of creating guides me to check in with myself, with my body, and engage with the world at a pace that I’m otherwise too impatient for. Through these actions, I attempt to untangle the historical circumstances that ground me in this specific space, at this specific time. 

Speaking of tangles, I’m interested in how we can deepen our understanding of our enviroment through twisting, weaving, extending, and braiding. How construction can reveal the structure itself.

Maybe we should be more grateful for knots, as they give us an opportunity to pause, and reflect on how we got here. 

In these reflections, I have become increasingly comfortable with moving through mediums, genres, and frameworks. Additionally, I find guidance from the characters that populate my body of work. These figures range from my family, to niskak, to cigarettes, and Coyote. The thread that sews them all together are contemplations on identity, land, and belonging.

I hope that you can find some familiar faces in my work.