maferefun Cleveland’s very own Magician, Echo Brown.

April 10, 1984 - September 16, 2023

found it!:

it was in a draft of my personal statement for the lambda literary writers' retreat.

"[i] am concerned with trans/mutation as a praxis for encountering and consuming the deprave, as a means towards integration, evolution, and transcendence."

and then in my notes, "digestion/consumption

just a note, i find it interesting the word here is “swallowed up”.

thinking about how essential the gastrointestinal function and process across [every] human culture + religio-spiritual frameworks,

thinking about an artist statement i have about “eating” adverse conditions as a way towards

i want to explore masking and masquerade

this created a lil glimmer in my spirit ✨

something about this photo specifically gives pink diamond from steven universe and i feel like it is specifically the frames which channel this effect

when i initially tried on the frames, i got them cause they gave office siren but i feel like that was with my straight hair and the effect hasn’t really been duplicated since 😩

also when trying them on the square ones were my fave, but i can see the cat eyes are gonna get the most wear from me

i think i would’ve preferred this closer-up photo for the collage

between the two frames i have, one gives me this stone butch dyke that i like and the other is a very pink feminizing that i also really like and feels really congruent with my internal pink genders

i remember taking this photo, but i don’t remember being the bitch in this photo.

looking @ this photo now, i see such a bad, beautiful bitch.

rarely do i feel the embodiment of a bad beautiful bitch, i.e. confidence.

when i receive the advances of stereotypically desirable men on the internet,

whose goo is in you?

I really wanted to purchase these pendants, but I lost them in the final seconds of the auction.

I love the orthodox iconography, and thanks to Reddit was able to ascertain that the script is Cyrillic.

Since I lost them, I’m assuming I wasn’t meant to have them, but this does inspire me—

everything stays 💚

reintroduction thread.

name: Willow (she/her, they/them)

Location: Black Midwest via Cleveland, OH. #216

Interest: #Hoodoo #Conjure #Abolition #BlackTransSurvivors #Vintage #Antique #Writing #Jewelry #Perfumery

Vocation: #Writer #Creative #Organizer