I am riley lane (She / they)
[first Body of audio / visual work 2022]
I am a Black & mixed early 90s baby / Mother / process artist / Sound scientist / conduit of Gaia Consciousness / graphomaniac / two headed plant whisperer / (re)Birthworker / visionary / slow Living / nonbinary / femme / reflection
I am here to:
Love + awaken + document + decolonize + express + (co)create + learn + unlearn + inspire + reflect + shift + inform + catalyze + synthesize + integrate + deconstruct + dream + care + imagine + give + receive
I am here in right relation with my Spiritual court(s), my ancestral lineages, anointed & protected by my communities, my families (both given & chosen) to build & explore these anciently futuristic opportunities unfolding
here now in this present moment
I write
toward a reality where Blackness is liberated
I dare to imagine n vocalize a Black centered future - one where all Beings are Free
in the collective envisioning of an equitable world the pathways to emBodying it are created
when I am communing with the land & Her processes She Teaches me to feel no shame for the range of my impassioned seasons
I have (re)Mothered mySelf n now I use my voice
in the soil I Remember
patience
legacy
fertility
wrath
devotion
loss
I am held by the seething in Her Fire(s) n nourished by the sanctity of Her Water(s)
in the Wind(s) I can Be heard screaming
resting in the Primordial Sound I am (re)Born to discover perhaps I have Been dreaming after all
unplugging to plug back in…again
I write
to magnetize the moment of (re)union between the Earth n Her sacred stewards
reparative ceremonious repayments are made to the First peoples
I dream
of trauma informed care
holistic multidimensional sanctuaries
I pray for collective mental / physical / Spiritual / emotional / psychological balance
I study n emBody Matriarchal societies
community built on integrity accountability conscious connection & Spirit without agenda(s)
I do not have all of the answers n I am not yet offering solutions
I arrive on the page in humility
& childlike wonder
I am here in constant rapport with the Living web that is the natural internet
the Akash
the libraries beyond
I am a sacred wisdom keeper
a portal to Be protected / respected
I am not a healer
I am fluidly intentionally moving as Living art
with my breath as the medium
ancient futurism
I am a process artist
walking on the Path transparently
valiantly
& with a long enduring vision
music is my vehicle
Love is my ultimate message
I am existing in Real Time - in hypermeta movement
lean in
See yourSelf in me
there is no fear in my Heart
thank you for Seeing me,
in gratitude,
R