Amy (they) | Introduction

Moon Phase: Waning Gibbous
Sun Phase: early Summer
Music: Euphoria | Sensory Meditation by kuwa jasiri
Affirmation: I am flowing in alignment when I have the courage to be fully me

Hola All Reading! My name is Amy, I use they/them pronouns. Please join in welcoming me to our community space!! I am the newest member of the Artistic Apothecary team. I am grateful to be sharing virtually with you all and hoping to find inner and collective direction through this expression of Self and those to come.

2. Direction – South, a familiar direction to me as I live in the southern area of this land and Ancestrally, my Chinese Ancestors having migrated south over generations to escape Imperialism. South is a direction that is seen at the bottom, which feels foundational and aligns with how I interact and can provide energy to social groups: being intertwined in a consistent manner to keep functions smooth and collaborative.
   
3. My position with Artistic Apothecary is mixed between Advisory Council and Thither (an Outreach role); going towards our collective dreams – playing with words of directionality and as an invitation to a place of curiosity and harmony.
   
4. I identify as agender – not needing the conforms of clothing or society to give me meaning on this Earth, but being here because of our purpose to be integral to the living ecosystems of Earth. I am a mixed (multiethnic) person born on Turtle Island but lacking the culture of Ancestral heritage due to being “American” and having generations of family that have given up their practices to assimilate and cling to privilege. My father migrated here from his home island of Mauritius, where his Ancestors migrated to from Southern China. My mother and her family have been here for a few generations on Turtle Island, but Ancestrally come from different places of Europe; Germany, Finland, and some other distant blends of whiteness.
   
5. I engage in mutual aid primarily through social media, sharing within that platform and helping raise awareness for folks who desire support for different reasons, as well as sending funding to people, such as chronically disabled and ill people, and people of culture desiring basic funds.
   
6. What keeps me most grounded is being outside amongst the plants and animals, where I find most inner quietness so that I can continue to move towards my dreams of being more physically surrounded by and a part of community, a place where I am fully myself and a place where my privilege serves support towards others. I love to journal and am exploring ways of being with music and my body and voice to be expressive and aligned. I am an overall creative human who likes to write, draw, sew, paint, and nurture a garden and find ways to integrate activities as a lifestyle.
   
7. I live on the land of the Payómkawichum/Luiseño and Cahuilla/Ɂívil̃uwenetem Meytémak peoples. More recently, these Ancestors have become known as the Soboba peoples. Linked is my formal land acknowledgment posted to this site.

Thank you all for joining me in this space of invitation and welcome, and I will be in communications with you into the near future! Sending wishes of hope and rest, dreaming of the world we are building together.

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