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."

creativity + sanity + dignity

thank you to CREATRIX MAG 4 the 
feature today.

READ me HERE: 

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Jana Astanov sez ~ ~ ~ 
"Grateful for the glitter ✨ 
& bubbles 💕💦 
& this message of hope from kelly. 🦋💐 

As we are trying to stay strong and resilient, @creatrixmag asked some of our friends and collaborators how they are coping with the current situation. Today, Kelly Shaw Nyala shares her insights: 'i find that quarantine is not a challenge for me, because i’ve been curating a quiet lifestyle for my entire adulthood. i am learning to surrender to rest a bit better too, which provides space for my vivid visions and nighttime dreams to bring me scenes + information about my ancestors, present relationships, and more. my practice itself is always happening– it’s just that i feel myself moving into a more disciplined space widdit. alas, the unfolding. (i also blow bubbles and burn a lot of candles in the evenings– both activities are romantic to me.')"

new/mind/ritualz (movements 12 and 13)

ᗐ who yer mami now? ᗐ 

in the early Winter of 2019, i was preparing to visit Thailand. i had been staying in my homestate of Iowa for 6 months preceding my SE Asia departure-- a lil chunk of time that served as my 1st phase of reacclimation to the U.S. after many years living hella simply in Costa Rica.

the photos you see below are still images from my ongoing performance art project, "new/mind/ritualz." my friend and collaborator, Megan Murray, is behind the cam for this particular movement, #12 of 56.  

some of the images from the shoot feel best shared as cropped (eagle-eyed) &/or given some *etheral blur.* some of the images are powerful all on their own with only Megan's making & editing present.

there are times when i feel compelled to write fatty essays bout my artistry n the particular reasons a shoot produces the work it produces-- i could talk a lot about the intentions~notes~prep going into a new work n the subsequent recuperation~integration phases thereafter. with new/mind/ritualz 12, however, i offer some experimental writing beneath each image as a simplified story-spell 4 u$.

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about new/mind/ritualz: "the project's title alludes to a new mind space coming forth for the artist, a rebirth (rebirthing) of sorts. before the wholeness of this rebirth is embodied again & again & again & again & again & again, a little storytelling (from/of the past) weaves thru sometimes."

here is my artist's statement for new/mind/ritualz.

here is the archive for new/mind/ritualz.

~ below is new/mind/ritualz 

(movement 12) ~

a turquoise orca shines thru the time i lost it @ 19. didn't know how to process the first. glad i got away the 2nd. also, one time i was stalked in New Mexico n the waiter called the cops on the guy-- thank u 4 that. glad i spoke up 4 myself. glad i speak up 4 myself better n more promptly now-- an ongoing practice that's ratchet in moments n i don't even care how it unsettle an extra kind lightbeam bitch. true not true. 

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i was born to do the shadow work as much as i was born to add glitter bursts to storm-scenes @ the pond. 3-4 frog species native to Iowa sing there all nite-- spring/summer/retro$pect. i much prefer animal songs to city songs. no shade intended, jussa farmgirl pref that keeps peace inside my ribs-- 
my ancestors knew all this.
nature.
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performance artistry is so many things. 
visibility. 
n when u don't feel visible 4 a season or 2+, 
how do you u "performance art?" ᐊ ᐊ ᐊ ᐊ u can still get a capture wit eyes down so as to shield a bit thee inner-movement, which is vulnerable to let aurically live when u feel 
super recuperative n xtra quiet. 

(more snail juju.) 
(guiltless periods of rest.)
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the heart-soul-mind juices itself wit golden-glean more often. royalty is u n u know 4 sure now, so it all hits less hard n usually u will not have to go to the hospital, but instead the woods or water to 
have sum laughs.

{talk to fawns. trust the wildflowers. 
peep Oya in the wind.}
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performance art is messages wit meaning in the art~spirit~unspoken realms ~

~ trance state/dreamscape ... 

... said messages r often revealed 2 u b4 u knew u knew n now u know, which sometimes has lil aftershock effects 4 the unanticipated deliverance of what remained mostly unconscious-- it can feel a bit pinched (reference to the emotional realm) when it hit the 1st time$-- this is no fault of yours, dear artista, nor the way it always comes. there is more honey now.

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open field. plantains. 
rainforest rain.
toad smooches.
yung grrrl. reinita.
strawberry jelly.
clothelines in the tropics.
full grown.
homegrown.

never gonna get it--
something-something x Yolandi.
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freeze a bitch out if she pretend wit me--
they call me ice kween, 
but imma sweetie.

(werks on raps)

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Megan Murray, artist & collaborator on
new/mind/ritualz (movement 12)

Megan Murray is a multimedia artist based in Iowa City, Iowa. Her background is in photography, music production, plant science, writing, body and canvas painting. Megan's subject matter is all living things, words, and sound. She appreciates the unintentional magic of cocreative music and art making, as well as the detailed process of audio and visual post production.

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& here is new/mind/ritualz (movement 13,) which was published to CREATRIX MAG a few months back: READ ME HERE.

-- note: new/mind/ritualz (movement 13) produced about a hundred+ gifs of ritualz upon my bod in a gorgeous oceanic setting in Thailand. i am interested to present said magic gifs (many not yet shared) as a fluid + repetitive loop of imagery-- a video project &/or large-scale projection in a gallery or gallery-like setting-- stay tuned 4 it. major shoutout of thnx 2 dear sis, Or Nah, for documenting movement 13. 

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-- follow my IG here for updates/art.

-- support my artistry here or here.

🍊🍊🍊🍊, 

kelly shaw nyala

portrait of the artist x Jesse Artavia

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~ ~ ~ ~ learn more about kelly shaw nyala's art life-- take a peek @ my BIO + ARTIST'S STATEMENT here. 

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