Monique

Wildcat Hill

Finally back on the grind & in the web.

Thank you for bearing with me through this deeply stressful time.

By now, the majority of you should have received your packages.

I hope that it made up for my sparseness this month.

Enjoy today's post. More going up this evening.

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Box sets.

I intended to share an image of myself today, to document my recovery. Then I decided I only want to share my best self with you.

My recovery has been rough... I will start to feel tremendously better, but then as soon as I attempt moving at my average pace, this infection strikes back with a vengeance. I woke up this morning in pretty substantial pain, and with very little energy. The bruises on my jaw that had faded have strangely reappeared, and I have a rash on my ...

Updates

About a week ago, I acknowledged my absence on Patreon this month. I've had a lot going on in my personal life, but that is no excuse not to deliver my best.

To make up for my inactivity on the blog this month, I've put together some sweet packages for my 5+ patrons. The package will contain content relative to your pledge. They will ship out on Monday.

I have also been putting up content from my California tour. You can check it out now on your exclusive tumblr...

Apology

I am holding myself accountable for having neglected this feed for almost two weeks. 

I came off a condensed tour into what has proven to be a much larger undertaking than I imagined.

My sister wanted to move back to Jersey to start her adult life. So I agreed to help her get started with school and rent a place. She was not, and still is not, prepared for the sea of responsibility I launched her into. 

In the last two weeks, we have been through two j...

Beneath the Weight of Overwhelm

This is one snapshot of a storm that passed over us at the Barnegat Docks while we waited for the fireworks at sunset.

Moments like this remind me to breathe and cherish the experience of being overwhelmed in spite of fear. 

Change is imminent and the anticipation  can be debilitating-- or it can be a catalyst. 

It seems as though I finally gain a clear view of the horizon, I am swept up in another storm of complications. I do not pretend to under...

Box Sets

A little peek inside of the box sets that are shipped to my higher tier patrons. 

This particular set includes a print by my long time collaborative friend, Jim Mathews, who is so dear to my heart. Also included, a set of four polaroids by Dominic Catena, an original post card from a local artist in Moab, and some of my original writing.

Visit the Tumblr blog to see more!!

xo

Sheila Speaks

Here is Sheila Metzner's wonderful presentation. It was taken with my phone, and it's sometimes difficult to hear her over her jewelry clacking together (though, I think that tactile quality adds to the charm of who she is).

I don't want to take too much advantage of my very special opportunity to see this presentation, therefore I am only posting this here, since the few of you who have access to this admire Sheila as much as I do. 

Sheila's presentati...

In the meantime, I spill.

The primal gaze
Amidst we creatures
Has been adulterated
By an obsession with objects
Excess and arbitrary
Abstraction of boundaries
Surveyors
Purveyors
Aggressors
Unto possessions,
Stuck fast, to plum lines
In cyclical narrative
"Private property."
With teeth exposed and gleaming
Wild pray for the undertaking
To be mounted and finished
Time and again.
Into ancient trials
Of extrapolated myth
Promulgations and peculi...

Content up.

More content from Sheila Metzner's PSPF class up on the blogs. More to come. Check out the previous blog for the URL & pass code.

In the meantime, here is a shot of MonSekaa, made by Craig Blacklock in Utah; As I express my excitement about the Desert Adventure. 

www.thedesertadventure.com