early $pring art sale!!

dear strawberry cutie- 🍓

i feel early spring tryna do her thing- all of my soulssss feel relief. {gracias, nature.}

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i am selling handmade beaded earrings and wall decor in an effort to get my creative business rolling again.

if you are familiar with my beaded work as a previous client, please understand that i am taking a break from making custom necklaces, bracelets, and anklets for a bit.

i have some premade merch that is pretty, and i'll be sharing it  

here and here 

starting TODAY + TOMORROW + + + +

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in the meantime, here is a menu you can select from: 

** custom order earrings that dangle just a little (petite dangles) {ear hooks are your choice of silver or gold plated}

** custom order earrings that dangle daringly (diva dangles) {ear hooks are your choice of silver or gold plated}

** order earrings or wall decor as custom:

- you provide input about color/s, size, etc. = approach the artist with your own vision first. 💝

- or choose from these themes:

- OCEAN

- FOREST

- PASTELS

- natural stones 

- charms

or 

- "kelly has free-range"

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~ think ahead for loved ones with birthdays!!

~ enjoy holiday gifts that are one-of-a-kind!!

~ order matching earrings for an event with your girlfriends!!

... or treat your fine ass self!!

i am accepting orders through DM's on IG or though my biz email: kellyshaw11jewelz@gmail.com

email correspondence with tracking #'s is the name of my game. shipping in the U.S. is a flat rate of $8-$12 depending on size of order. shipping abroad is possible. 

** a lil note about wall decor: wall decor is a single strand of beading that can hang from a nail, hook, thumbtack or nestles up near/upon a plant. looks great in windows or on your front porch too. the bottom object of my wall decor includes a crystal, charm, or seashell- your choice!! (starts at $40/each for 12-14")

((discounts available on bulk orders.)) 

((drop-off available in Philly at The Green Line Cafe by Clark Park, the CVS on Locust, or @ Supremo on Walnut.))

i'll hope to hear from you!! 

thank you. 

kindly,

kelly

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p.s. stay tuned this year for a relaunch of *kelly's golden rose* online- i am in the process of receiving mentorship for small business development, and am becoming ready to offer a more cohesive line of services. 🌹

a gentle xxo on Valentine's: love, kelly

for your *feels* : : : : a playlist gift if you plz-

click here for your listening pleasure

(lmk if you listen.) 💘

it’s not about being right. 

truly. 

from my heart, 

which is a fat heart ~ ~ ~ ~ 

~ it’s not about being right.

it’s about having a voice, a story ~ 

~ ~ ~ ~ a story shared in safe & appropriate spaces … 

that is heard. 

seen. 

believed.

~ witnessing each other is medicine for the womxn i am close with-

it’s an embodied ritual ~ ~ ~ ~ an act of dispelling & reclaiming. 

((& sometimes … plain surviving.))

{ { may we retire the shaming that comes thru harmful words. } } 

{ { may we retire harmful manipulations of each other’s emotions & our own. } } 

{ { may we retire harmful action & harmful inaction. } }

{ { may we retire telling each other who we are. } }

~ ~ ~ ~ mirror mirror on the wall ~ ~ ~ ~

guess what?!! ... ily, bitch!! ...

💧💝💞💝💞💧💧💝💞💝💞💧💧💝💞💝💞💧

… FLOHIO on repeat for me. 

i cannot find the lyrics as published online, but the part i am reciting like a mantra … at least the way i’m hearing it is: “You said you’d be my good potion, baby, I’M MY MEDICINE!!” ... who??!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

… and how about the femme elder’s voice @ the end of this SZA song?

“ … Cause I feel the same way, if you don't like me, you don't have to fool with me … But you don't have to talk about me or treat me mean … I don't have to treat you mean … I just stay out of your way … That's the way you work that one.”

~ everything ~

# happy valentines’ day #      

i am grateful 2 have my life back. 

i am also grateful for the space that is art eternal-

today, art is a space-place where i can complete my sentences.

.. give thanks ..

AI gifts are from Or Nah, Xmas 2022

love is it.

READ + VIEW THE ESSENCE MAGAZINE 

ARTICLE wit NIECY NASH & JESSICA BETTS HERE. 

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

LOVE IS IT. 

yesterday, in the throes of feeling some deep two-week long sadness about the overall state of my life, i found a glimmer of hope and a lot of valdiation because of Niecy Nash and Jessica Betts. 

i went down the rabbit hole in an effort to recollect my own beliefs about love. 

{{ i deserve it. you deserve it. we already know. }} 

sssooooooooo, Niecy Nash and her wife, Jessica Betts, graced the cover of Essence Magazine as the first ever same sex couple. #History #Herstory

 

beautiful. amazing. beyond. 

my writing onward will be concise and simple. i will share some nuggets about what struck me most, and please know that you in all your readerly awesomeness can form deeper webs of meaning + understanding about it all- OR!! maybe you'll conduct your own research in a quiet moment so as to rekindle what is real: love's possibilities are immense, simply. 

i am openly monogamous, yet do not judge other relationships or relationship identities that span beyond this more traditional personal preference. as far as i can tell from their language however, Niecy and Jessica are each very loyal to each other, and this is a mutually important thread for them. i also loved Niecy's expression about how she actually does better in a marriage, where she is accountable to one person, in depth ... and in her vast sexual glory!! lately, i have reflected for my own self that the richest expression of my sensuality is safely contained (so as to *not* be contained!!) in a monogamous relationship where it is safe to grow. 

and safety. safety is so important.  

emotional safety. mental safety. 

how-you-use-your-time safety. 

safety to pursue your passions.

safety to have conversations about what is 

and maybe is not working ~ ~ ~ ~

feeling safe to be your full self, and being respected for the whole of your stories ... as well as your hopeful efforts for betterment as a being ...

"I absolutely feel fully seen," Betts noted. "I feel like all of me is accepted. All of me is loved— and not just the part that I present, but the part that I don't necessarily show to everyone else." 

"I feel like the love that I receive from her is custom, as opposed to off the rack. I feel like the assignment happened in the spirit realm before we ever knew about it," explained Nash, who agreed that Betts truly sees her for who she is.

"It's to be accepted for the truth of who you are, all the way around, good, bad or indifferent," she continued. "It's where someone sees your past, your pain, your bullet holes, your stab wounds, whatever you got in a bag over your shoulder when you show up, and they say, 'I see it all, and I still love and receive you.'" 

*sigh* 

... equally beautiful as the above quotes is Niecy speaking about how she prayed for someone to fill in her cracks- not to be mistaken with "making her whole," but someone who really and truly complimented her. 

... equally beautiful as the above quotes is Niecy and Jessica speaking to the importance of individual and couple's therapy, so that they are present and active in their own lives and in each other's in an adequate way. it was clarified by Betts that their individual self-love practices come first, and it's an incredibly luscious icing atop the cake (my words!!) that Niecy and Jessica are naturally compatible and genuinely enjoy spending time together. in fact, if a 25th hour existed in the day, Niecy and Jessica admit they'd be in it together. ... and if other lifetimes indeed exist (i believe so) then their prayer is to find each other again and again.

issa natural supernatural compatibility, and i won't stop believing ~ ~ ~ ~

thank you, Niecy and Jessica, for your presence, and for believing that even after love breaks you, it is possible to pick yourself back up, and seek the same thing that caused your crumble: LOVE. 

freaking LOVE. 

PEOPLE MAGAZINE REFERENCE: READ HERE

NPR REFERENCE: READ HERE

love, kelly    

(a never-ending hopeful for my own True Love 

and the life of a wife)

- - - -

 "tears so big like a tsunami."

-Lil Wayne

kelly shaw nyala x Michael Preston

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*girlqueen*

LISTEN HERE ON SOUNDCLOUD

to *girlqueen*

~ CLICK on a performance art image

(below) to view it as a

larger/clearer slideshow ~

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    J. Cole recently said something along the lines of, 

"You can wait forever, and the inspo might never come."

JUST DO IT.

(on some Nike $hit.)

and so, it's more about practicing your craft, whether the creative result comes out pristinely each time or not- this build-up of practice (exercising your artist's born gifts and skills) 

adds-the-fok-up on 

the path of one's artistry, or ...

... a steadfast investment of time and energy, as

heart-driven / cutely "mad scientist" / loyal asf,

i fully believe yields results / successes before the artist

no longer lives in flesh ...

< ~ successes on your own terms ~ >

(it must work this way, i humbly and firmly assert.)

             

i learn over and over the importance of *dailiness,* 

meaning presence in the seemingly mundane beauty 

(and sometimes non-beauty)

of making your day ...

... making your food.

making conversation with friends.

not making conversation with friends-

a necessity if you're introverted or highly sensitive.

... making your work ...

making and adhering to a sensible sleep schedule when you can.

caring for your pet or kiddos.

attending an outing/event in art's name ...

ALL. THE. BTS. 

(behind the scenes)

your art practice is part of this dailiness too, obvi.

~ (insert your own organization of how this flow flows for you) ~

each day may differ.

… as someone who has enjoyed self-designed sparkling adventure much of her life, amid an undeniable shit ton of emotional pain too, i have come to realize as i navigate my late 30’s, that there is something to be said for more groundedness, for more surrender to the simple tasks in our daily lives that keep us level-headed, fed, passionate, and content. 

anyway!! i cannot believe that i’ve been sitting on this song for a few months. i don’t necessarily have a good reason why, except that i anticipated writing a huge article to go widdit. i created a Gmail folder for this *girlqueen* article that contained eighteen different resources i intended to reference.

this morning, i deleted it all. 

too much brain power required. 

for now.

let the heart speak. 

let the music fill yuh.

take in the images if you plz.

note to self: keep it simple,

because sometimes you need to.

the fuller story is that i’m working on an EP that debuts around my bday in July. my dear friend, Steve Narvaez, is behind the original beats and teacher-duty, and our mutual wizard-pal, BLK ZEN, helps us in the studio to record vocals and add, as Steve says, “the bells and whistles.” 

~ dream team much? ~

so, the second song of my EP is called *girlqueen,* and the lyrics (EXPLICIT) are below. (to hear *snowflake,* the first song of my not yet titled EP, click HERE.) this second song came through so quickly, and i giggled quite a bit as it wrote itself. like Cardi B’s, WAP, there is shameless rapping about one’s own body. the female body- the body/being most often objectified in raps by males. 

in fifteen+ years of performance artistry, 

and newly rap, 

reclamation is always at play.

note: this *girlqueen* article is part of a larger body of work called, "new/mind/ritualz." *girlqueen* is movement #14 of 56 yet unfolding. to engage with my artist's statement and archive for new/mind/ritualz, CLICK HERE.

this is the last sneak peek of songs before the full EP launches.

LISTEN HERE ON SOUNDCLOUD!!

*girlqueen* is an original song x kelly shaw nyala, aka: reinita sweet snake

// made in Brooklyn, March 2021 //

beat + production + rad support in artistry’s name x STEVE NARVAEZ

additional recording + production x BLK ZEN of elevensixtysix

**lyrics**

"i'm the kind of girl that you fall in love with/

you like these homegrown tits n my fat pussy lips, yeh/

i'm the kinda girl that you fall in love with/

got a gem 4 a brain & a past filled wit pain/

but i gained a joy phase & a whole lotta praise for/

a heart healed & sealed wit a kiss in the rain/

& i reign a queendom come, yuh betta not play dumb/

i werked too hard to stay alive but a miracle survive/

n ima thrive yeh, ima thrive yeh, ima thrive/

even if u ain't ride or die/

i'm the kinda girl that you fall in love with/

gotta fat ass heart, my imagination smart/

i'm the ~ i'm the kinda girl blow the snow round the globe/

pull up sweeter in the grove/

honey suckle diamond buckle/

gimme peace, gimme shelter/

no more foking helter skelter/

cuz i'm the kinda girl that you fall in love with/

i deserve the whole goal, lil baby & some gold/

break the mold i been told i smell like a rose/

pussy sweeter lil heater watch the meter grow hawt/

my juicy waterfall overflow the whole lot/

i'm the royal doll ball/

erybody dancin y'all erybody dancin y'all/

erybody thriving, y'all/

ima thrive, yeh ... ima thrive, yeh ... /

ima thrive even if you ain't ride or die."

photos of the artist were taken in very late Winter becoming early Spring by Olivia Oh in Queens, NY. i felt like i was coming out of a snowy funk, and was able to recalibrate myself both socially and creatively in this shoot. this shoot also happened around the time i was writing *girlqueen,* so it feels appropriate to house everything here together, images wit sound. 

find Olivia’s work HERE and HERE.

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*snowflake*

❅ ❆ ❅ ❆ ❅ ❆ ❅ ❆ ❅

*snowflake* on CREATRIX

*snowflake* on SOUNDCLOUD

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lil paw$

thank u kindly 2 Creatrix Magazine 

4 publishing "lil paw$." 

https://creatrixmag.com/lil-paw/

"Tuning into the waning beauty and wisdom of the Moon/La Luna 🌚💜 @kelly.shaw.nyala shares with us 3 poems following dreamscapes, heartaches and cycles of the divine female human body ..."

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.. CHURCH O* launched ..

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**engage with the full project HERE**

"CHURCH OF THE CELIBATE WHORE is a collaboration, coversation and rhymed constellation between artists Katie Cercone “Or Nah” and kelly shaw nyala. This piece is a call to action for all womxn and femme-identified folks to start pouring love into ourselves, establishing healthy boundaries and rising in our dominion as Brujas at the Gates of the Great Mystery. CHURCH O* CELEBATE Whore is an art piece about saying no to sex when you really want love, worshipping at your own temple; cleansing and healing our energetic yoni, preparing for sacred marriage ..."

"For the CHURCH 0* release in Creatrix Mag (since taken down on Creatrix: noted on 2.2.2022) we not only share our full-bodied conversation about the 10-Tenets of WHOREFUL CELIBACY, we drop a sweet new rhyme. In the text that follows we have made an effort to contextualize the context of WHOREFUL CELIBACY, reflecting on our parallel healing journeys as beasts becoming human through the transcultural looking glass of various wisdom traditions. We also offer some tools, resources and scholarship that we hope will help you to situate this work in ways that feel vital, valid and relevant to your lived experience."