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With Love, Mom<\/h3>\n
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In October 2021, I attended a BIPOC artists residency\/retreat on Indigenous land of the Nipmuc, Agawams, Pocumtuc, Wabanaki Confederacy, and the Mohican peoples. (Also known as Plainfield, MA). This journey continues to transform me. It was there that I first called myself a “soft round boi”; where I laughed and sobbed and felt full up on queer brown brown love and understanding; where I learned from wise teachers, peers what it means to return to self and knowing. I’d never felt this held before; this sense of belonging as an act. I relished every feeling – yes, including the uncomfortable ones. And on the last day of this retreat, I went into the woods alone and sobbed a big question … “Who will hold me when I return?” When I think of deep soul friendships, I think of home. Returning to home; redefining home. I remember that home is also within me. And months later I’m less worried about “who will hold me when I return?” The question has shifted to, “How will I hold me when I return?” and how will I extend the feeling of home to others?<\/p>\n

 
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With Love, Mom In October 2021, I attended a BIPOC artists residency\/retreat on Indigenous land of the Nipmuc, Agawams, Pocumtuc, Wabanaki Confederacy, and the Mohican peoples. (Also known as Plainfield, MA). This journey continues to transform me. It was there that I first called myself a “soft round boi”; where I laughed and sobbed and … Continue reading Aisha Russell<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":38,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-293","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forbeslibrary.org\/exhibit2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forbeslibrary.org\/exhibit2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forbeslibrary.org\/exhibit2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forbeslibrary.org\/exhibit2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forbeslibrary.org\/exhibit2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=293"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/forbeslibrary.org\/exhibit2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/293\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":870,"href":"https:\/\/forbeslibrary.org\/exhibit2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/293\/revisions\/870"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forbeslibrary.org\/exhibit2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/38"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forbeslibrary.org\/exhibit2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}