“Making work and creating spaces to share it matters. The act of sharing is just as important as the content. We need to honor interiority, connect in ways that go beyond words, and keep responding to the world as it is.”
“When you play an instrument, your body almost becomes part of that instrument. You co-resonate with that instrument in a way where you’re working together in this very physical partnership, like a dance.”
“Clown has taken a lot of pressure off my own work, and it made me less afraid of how I’ll be received and more willing to take risks without needing things to feel polished.”
“It can be isolating and disheartening to be the only person of color in a room, especially in spaces dominated by older white men who hold the keys to the city. What helps is knowing that many women of color are doing this work all over the world, even if we don’t always see each other.”
“I’m the person who texts someone at 1 a.m. with an idea I just had. Writing the novel put me in a more intimate space with language. No bodies, no logistics, just words. It’s lonely, but I like that too. With theatre, I’m always thinking about the audience. With the novel, I’m just asking, how can I make myself laugh?”
“We are porous and interconnected, made of the same matter as the environment around us. I do not see humans as superior to other forms of life.”