Hello, my serious followers. I think it's about time to stop being so vague and paranoid. Instead, be honest about what I'm doing.
Especially as the season comes to an end I feel more comfortable sharing with an audience!
I heard about Slab City when I was 15, from a dirty kid I knew online. They were passing through. It was an anarchist dream of mine. A place to be free and build community. What I really wanted was to travel in a renovated schoolie with my queer friends online. I was too young for this.
When I was 16 it came imperative I ran away. My dreams could not survive in the suburbs of KC. So I ran with those friends in their van.
An epic psychosis-fueled journey followed. I want to turn this story into a comic when I find the stability to make it real.
After a year, we ended up stranded in Bombay Beach. A small town on the Salton Sea. A sea full of lithium surrounded by the bones of dead fish. My situation was abusive and explosive, with no money for gas. Stranded in the desert with nothing, a festival appeared 2 days after. The van driver got a job. I saw plently of clowns. I saw Goddesses making art of expression
Returning into civizilation on the east cost, I lived in West Philly. I was becoming myself again washing the dirt and grime from my soul. I was cared for by my friends after my nervous system shut dowm from trauma. I was given an opportunity to heal in the city.
Now 19, I've retraced my steps back west. I follow where my dreams lead. I found a place in Slab City to be comfortable. Despite all the nuclear dust and cancer risk, it's nice. The community is lovely.
The season is coming to an end. I've had a wonderful time and figured out what I want to be and create with the self I have taken. I have made paintings, I have learnt songs on ukelele, and I have journaled and studied dreams. Along with perfecting my rituals. I have a big ritual this weekend, under the Goblin Tree.
I love you, Goblin. I love you, Van. I love you old Flamingos. The union stays strong.
Wait a little and I will release a cover of a song. This post features all the paintings I did here in a tiny house I built.