Prayer. An installation commissioned by Bear Yuba Land Trust. Photo by Felicia Yoder

Mekdela has enjoyed obfuscating “what they do” as a practice of pursuing illegibility within capitalism. They do want to name their yearnings and make critical connections though, so here she attempts to share some of the ways they’d like to be seen and worked* with–please be in touch if you are…

  • working on a mission driven organization, project, or publication and need an editor and strategist with an organizing and writing background, and an artistic and reciprocity-rooted lens.

  • in a relational conflict and want support understanding your feelings and needs or holding repair and conflict conversations.

  • remembering ceremony and ritual with land and fire.

  • working on a place-based project and want a strategy for integrating community engagement.

  • wanting to collaborate or commission a time and site specific art piece or workshop in partnership with the land. Especially with natural pigments, dyes and foraged clay.

  • needing a hand in a natural building project.

  • interested in attending or organizing a workshop on any of the above subjects.

  • inspired by reading this.

*They’re not always seeking payment in exchange for offerings. That will depend on things like audience, power, time and labor. They trust we’ll come to an aligned agreement through conversation.

Getting in the Right Relationship Change. A workshop at The Climate Crisis Incubator in NYC. Photo by June Canedo

Tending fire at Spirit Weavers Gathering. Photo by Nenah Eve