Mixed Media by Kristen Soller

Hearts of Palm

When I forget what these palms are capable of, I remind myself of how they can make shake play pray reach for the sky grasp and let go mend stretch twist and bend, without breaking.

I remember that I’m a June baby mutable air sign shapeshifting brown-skinned almond-eyed island mama daughter of the sun Whose grandmother gave birth during a typhoon, Wailing her love songs against the winds, like a sarswela star.

I retrace the lines, these roots (don’t you forget them) Holding me steady, an anchor during the fiercest storms, A testament that I can bloom and bear fruit, That perseverance is a labor of love.

Kristen Soller helps others to verbally, visually and aurally share their stories through copywriting, graphic design and public relations. She also hosts and produces Kidnapped for Dinner, a podcast featuring conversations about disorienting moments in the creative process.

In her artistic practice, she works with a variety of media —including writing, weaving, video and sound — to ask: how do we understand ourselves/our own interior worlds and through that relationship, understand others and our environment?

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