May we feel safe to come out of our shells :: crustaceans with an external protective skelleton such as lobsters + crabs need to shed their exoskeleton to grow into a larger form = eye feel my heart & capacity for love dew thee same :: may our shedding be soft + seen & may we be recieved tenderly in our raw unshielded state :: may innocence not need to protect itself :: #artsaveslives #artsavedmylife #tbt #happypride #pride #lgbt #lgbtqia #queer #pen #ink #psychedelicart #original #artist #studentart #drawing #rainbow #marker #heartist >< #trippy #psychedelic #art can bee #precise >< not strongly titled : #creativity if you have any naming suggestions they are welcome >< this piece is currently cared for by friend #stephaniewolf >< art & palate emerging from soundscape >< 2009 – 2010 >< #lobSTAR #comingout #creativity #musemusings #pridemonth
TBT : choosing peace : while president of Peace Project & NORML-SSDP concurrently, eye inked this cover for The Protest, our quarterly student run social justice magazine >< in my life eye have walked the path of moving from opposition and argument in assurance that eye was right to resting in peace at the possibility of multiple positions and perspectives >< openness to conversation is key as eye have often found a sameness at the heart of what at first brush seemed diametrically opposed >< peace begins with me >< reflections for how far we have come since meye more militant days >< gratitude the process of legalization is moving forward through decriminalization and the daily increase in safety to talk about these types of psyche medicines and keep nonviolent drug offenders out of the prison industrial complex (aka the criminal justice system) >< may all have safe abundant access to plant medicine >< ( NORML = National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws >< SSDP = Students for Sensible Drug Policy ) >< #northwestern #university #northwesternuniversity #tbt #throwback #throwbackThursday #peace #peaceproject #theprotest #protest #NU #lovegrenade #studentpublication #studentmagazine #socialjustice #quarterly #makeyourownmedia #mediamaker #alternativemedia #penandink #blackandwhite #ink #art #magazinecover #mag #zine #DIY #studentart #studentartist #peacebeginswithme
onsite enchantedforest >< #tbt #handdrawn #inked #cover #theprotest #socialjustice #studentmagazine #knowledgeiscontagious #peaceproject >< #mindvirus #petridish #escapetheexperiment #science #ameoba >< #throwback to #biopremed #northwestern daze >< #magazine #zine #protest #peace #peaceproject #blackandwhite #art >< feeling the #clownalchemy history of #campwinnarainbow >< gratitude for the #psychedelicelder #jester of #wavygravy inspired by a humorous lighthearted way of #culturaltransformation = mentor