I fall into these like kind of pitiful states of thinking like you know that it's just not enough like it's never going to be enough like it's not doing anything right like that whole thing like this the futility was like oh we're making all this art and it often feels like you're just kind of of decorating bullet holes you know.

And that's something I struggle with a lot like who's this for like is this helping us more than it's helping the

people who are trying to help right and I feel like in my clearest moments I hope that it is in some way that you know like creating

visual culture around resistance is is the cultural work that we you know that we also need but I also feel like we need a lot more than that you know it's like it's not an either or it's an end thing it's like a and we need to help ourselves get through this time so that we can we can be here

and we can want to be here to do it. Oh, oh, you know.

Oh, um, um, Yeah, so I am super duper, excited to be talking to you for this podcast. This is the Embodied

Embodied Astrology Podcast, and I have been teaching with them for about two years, and I wanted to do a series featuring artists representative of all of the mutable signs and I was

super just tickled at the thought of thinking of you talking specifically about yourself as an artist

through the lens of your piscian nature because I think meeting you as a fellow water sign I felt very held and seen and how you show up and how you feel up

Not in the creepy way, but you feel up all your feelings

So creepy way but you feel up all your feelings.

So do you want to just introduce yourself to the Embodied Astrology audience?

And, well, I could say a little tinge about why I'm obsessed with you.

You're such a prolific artist and just so young and you're so cute.

And you are a tremendous visual artist and all of these realms.

And I think you're an incredible poet and writer too.

And you're just like a real one on so many levels.

Like I think that you speak up you stand up you show up yeah you

feel big and you're hilarious and you're my friend. So Crystal Clarity how would you sort of speak to who you are?

I don't know if I can give myself a better introduction than you gave me, but damn.

I mean, I'm a Brooklyn born Boriequa artist born and raised in New York city come from two beautiful

loving generous Bor qua parents.

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