Mercury is now direct and has returned to their Virgo homeland as of the 9th of September. I say their because our beloved Mercury is gender non-binary. Mercury likes being where the action is. Because of their tight orbit, Mercury is never more than one sign away from the Sun in either direction. For a […]
I’m kind of embarrassed to admit this but one time when I was 17 I nearly had a nervous breakdown while I was making sandwiches. I was working at this cafe in my hometown, and I became aware that I was spending, hours, weeks, months of my life doing some repetitive task that meant nothing […]
I found myself sobbing in the car as I was driving to my final day of healer training with one of my mentors, David Elliott, this past weekend. The work has a way of bringing stuff up. I was triggered when I, for some mysterious reason, started thinking about what a shitty waitress I was […]
Morrissey wasn’t wrong when he said, “We hate it when our friends become successful.” I don’t think there’s a creative person alive who hasn’t felt that pang when one of their friends lands some big show, or some grant, or some great publishing deal. Jealousy double hurts because a) you want something you don’t have, […]
Witches or Witch-curious folks! Check out my recent piece in CARLA on the power of witchcraft in the Los Angeles art world. “More and more frequently we’re seeing contemporary artists utilize the methodologies of witchcraft in their practice, largely because, by its very nature, witchcraft is a political and creative act commanding power back into […]
Wendy C. Ortiz, therapist, and author of three books, wrote her first chapbook in the 2nd grade. She always considered herself a writer. But when she was 13, just in junior high, she was seduced by her English teacher, drawn into a years long abusive relationship with him that didn’t end until she graduated high […]
When I was 19 I had big dreams, but no idea what to do to accomplish them. My sense was that basically what you had to do was get involved with life. For me that meant: Moving to San Francisco on a whim and living in a big Edwardian house in the Western Addition with […]
6 February 2016 – Zine Making Fairy Magick Workshop with FLB and AYG
24 October 2015 Writing and creativity workshop with Francesca Lia Block, writer of “Weetzy Bat” and the Oracle of Los Angeles.
So excited to read Adrienne Walser’s impassioned creative response to my “Incantations for Navigating the Cardinal Directions of Los Angeles” books for The Art Book Review. Los Angeles is a weird and wonderful labyrinth of magic, I’m grateful to be traveling these roads in such inspired company. Incantations at the Art Book Review