zoe gustavia anna whalen is my name

it is my mothers homage to two grandmothers, american teachers and housewives, both born to oklahoma, the most beautiful and alien state I have laid eyes on, straight from another world, she whispers dark secrets of the past, within a name rests so much power, and the audacity ! to make one such as yourself, remember such a ridiculously long title

handcrafted objects can long outlive us when we pay them the respect they deserve

each garment holds a history, found linens, discarded bedsheets and tablecloths, patterned into shapes and spirals that speak to the body, wrapping it in secret whispers

we are vessels for psychic communication that come to us in the form of dreams, emotions, premonitions

adornment becomes the alter at which we worship the symbiosis of body and mind