night swimming
Open Thoughts
I went for a solo night swim in Lake Michigan last week at 11 pm. I was deep into reading a book I hadn’t picked up since college, called Vibrant Matter. Under a fingernail clipping of a moon, wading in the shallow freezing water, I felt a reality that almost feels too far out there to share.
I wrote in my journal:
Notes to Self:
Energy wants to take on material form, but its form is open to shifting → ex. a song can become a partnership which can then become a house → its “final form” (meaning where energy was directed towards) can exist amidst its many forms
Every action lives in the material world - floating, moving, contained somewhere
As I was sitting in the clear water, every small movement I made would ripple out infinitely. I knew this happened, but I hadn’t really known it until I was alone, looking at the swirling grains of sand and the light dancing across the creases in the lake’s surface.
Maybe y’all know this too…..
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Amid this dreamy experience, I started my Saturn return. I feel like something is endlessly churning inside me; some of it is feelings that I haven’t expressed, adrenaline that can’t seem to shake itself, the desire to scrape every inch of skin off so I’ll be new again, and this avocado pit of self-assurance & self-advocacy growing inside me. Ahhhhh. It’s like I have tapped into this wild, uncontained energy, and it’s shaping me fervently!
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Ok ok ok ok ok
Here are some things I’ve got going on this month:
July 12th, 7pm - Banana Acid Fruit Stand @ Positive Space Studios, Chicago, IL
My friends are holding an art variety show/party for their band! I’ll have some art up there for the month, and maybe I’ll make sparkling fruit jello again this year, haha.
July 23rd, all day - My Birthday :)
My shameless plug.
July 26th, 7-9pm - Hoi Polloi @ Comfort Station, Chicago, IL
It’s a variety show & I’m giving a short presentation on my art/curatorial practice!
July 27th, 11am-4pm - UP & UP Kiteshow 2025 @ Promontory Point, Chicago, IL
This is the second year I am running a pop-up kiteshow featuring the work of over 50 artists. There will be kite flying, hot dogs, & swimming!
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Friends, I hope y’all are doing well! Keep your attention centered & stay hydrated. I love you all so deeply. Apologies if I am MIA.
loads of love,
Christina