WEIRD + UGLY +
WEIRD + UGLY +
What society tries to bury,
we hold sacred.
The conditions of Empire mean we’re often disconnected from the felt truth in our own bodies. Perhaps the art that matters most now is the kind that sucks us back to the present, back to our literal senses.
I’m devoted to the feelings that refuse to be quiet, the WEIRD + UGLY things that we think we’re supposed to bury. What would happen if we listened to them instead? Let’s find out together.
⚡️ Weird + Ugly: Issue 1
As the next song started to build in intensity, she invited us to step off our mats to dance-meet another person. And to move bigger. Yipes. I side-eyed my neighbors, and my breath and heartbeat quickened. I was in my head, worrying about what I looked like to these strangers. I felt like a pigeon and overcompensated by making my over-excited theater face.
Then Sadia called into her Britney mic, “Make it weird! Make it ugly!” And that set me free.