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28: sexy people meet Sexy People! Last night of #littlecentralamerica #1984 7pm. Be there. Every night has been packed. That’s right we packing a church with political, sexy performance! One night only SUNDAY!! #centralamericanperformance #performance #theater #40daysofSelf #pupusapower #nourishmentnotjustfood (at Echo Park United Methodist Church) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3SuGVkg0Ce/?igshid=1n2gj57gnqnn0

#littlecentralamerica #1984 #centralamericanperformance #performance #theater #40daysofself #pupusapower #nourishmentnotjustfood

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27: holy lumpia, Batman! @lumpiacampesina is on xfinity/Comcast on demand for Filipina Heritage Month. Eat a long with @jayemcee2000 , @bambudepistola, @prometheusbrown, @ajxy, @un_g , and @basyang and @thepeoplescook. Thank you to curator @anderson_le and everyone who has supported our film. #40daysofself #nourishmentnotjustfood #filipinaheritagemonth #filipinoheritagemonth #pilipinoheritagemonth #pilipinxheritagemonth #lumpia #revolutionary #mmm (at Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3QQOmaA6xJ/?igshid=1rr76cke1eg7z

#40daysofself #nourishmentnotjustfood #filipinaheritagemonth #filipinoheritagemonth #pilipinoheritagemonth #pilipinxheritagemonth #lumpia #revolutionary #mmm

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26: shameless plug for a free show featuring the amazing talents of @mucha_muchacha15 , @raquefella , @elia_arce , @ruben6211 , and @allworknopay , @petelotli this weekend only! Friday and Saturday at 8, Sunday at 7! Sometime after you read that the government is trying to take the dna of detained Central American immigrants you need some church!! Best believe, bos, we will bring you the energia you need. #40daysofself #nourishmentnotjustfood #centralamericanperformance #love #magic #power #poetry #poeta (at Echo Park United Methodist Church) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3K-ZYTgIhw/?igshid=1lzizkqn2ive9

#40daysofself #nourishmentnotjustfood #centralamericanperformance #love #magic #power #poetry #poeta

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25: we are performing in a church for #grandperformances this weekend. I love performing in churches because I always wished the people could take it over and tell their stories. And that’s what we are doing! Join us! It’s free! Get your tickets today! Link in bio! @grandperfs #40daysofSelf #littlecentralamerica #Variedades #artista #iranianguatemalansunite #nourishmentnotjustfood (at Echo Park United Methodist Church) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3GheGygdWM/?igshid=1r31vxsodkfqo

#grandperformances #40daysofself #littlecentralamerica #variedades #artista #iranianguatemalansunite #nourishmentnotjustfood

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22: behold! When the art Of @masahirosuganofilmmaker + @rioyanez + @that_karimi collide, you get magic! And a not seenphoto shoot of the infamous FaridMercury. This is a sacred advertisement (yes, a term I am sampling from @rob.brezsny._.truthrooster with humble gratitude) to send out the intention to you all - to bring Farid Mercury worldwide and to find more ways to share the stories of how I collaborate, create art, and build the next generation of remixers while I nourish my own reactive and strengthen my inner DJ. #40daysofself #faridmercury #politicallysexyculturallymixed #soydiva #yque #myfriendsaregeniuses #c/s #nonbinarymixedintersectionalallthewordstodescribemewowiguessthatproveslanguageislimitedindescribingourpossibilityofself (at Quimby's Bookstore) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3FPGlRAZH8/?igshid=1ou6zb72ikyvv

#40daysofself #faridmercury #politicallysexyculturallymixed #soydiva #yque #myfriendsaregeniuses #c #nonbinarymixedintersectionalallthewordstodescribemewowiguessthatproveslanguageislimitedindescribingourpossibilityofself

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22: gratitude for Dr. Showkot Rahman for saying she waited the entire run of the exhibition for the opening of the pickles. That's all an artist like myself can hope for, to create anticipation and wonder through the chisme surrounding what I create. Thank you Dr. Rahman for the kindness and the blessings! #anticipation #blessings #blessingsfromdoctors #40daysofself #pickles #luckyme #kindness #nourishmentnotjustfood (at Barnsdall Art Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3D55ZhAXrj/?igshid=196gm8rlbrzd0

#anticipation #blessings #blessingsfromdoctors #40daysofself #pickles #luckyme #kindness #nourishmentnotjustfood

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21: about yesterday, super grateful to everyone who attended my performance/workshop/talk at @lamagbarnsdall where I explained my process behind hopscotch and pickles and led people in a writing workshop to go through the same process I did to transpose immigrant stories onto the mechanics of hopscotch. This final performance I did on Sunday was part of the design of the installation focused on how to create multiple levels of participation to discuss how immigrants edit/remix and remove the painful, shameful, difficult, complicated parts of their arrivals to the US or other wisdom they impart or do not impart to their children. Questions that drove Th e project: how do we make viewers participants? Why should anybody care about participating in a space like a gallery, which as a system does not care for people to participate, just be passive viewers? How does a brown or black man not have to perform their own violence, exertion, labor for notoriety, fame, access to resources in the art world, And make the audience risk with them? For the possibility of joy/elation as much as the consequence of suffering? And what does someone, that does not speak English, do when they want to impart wisdom and there is no translation? This can be said for a recipe or any other wisdom they wish to impart. Even though there were all these ideas, this is a lot of fun and brought me a lot of joy. Thank you to @lamagbarnsdall and all their staff. Can't wait to do it again. And sad to see the show go. #40daysofself #artista #iranianguatemalansunite #nourishmentnotjustfood #travelcook #pickle #risk #gamedesign #hopscotch (at Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3D5r3nAZhY/?igshid=1odjt8dpzfywf

#40daysofself #artista #iranianguatemalansunite #nourishmentnotjustfood #travelcook #pickle #risk #gamedesign #hopscotch

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20: BEHOLD PICKLE POWER! SUN. Sept. 29, 2-4P - link in bio- I’ll be doing a workshop/lecture about my process while we eat the pickles that have been brewing/fermenting/pickling for 2 months. Last day to see pickles and hopscotch at @lamagbarnsdall as part of OFFAL curated by the amazing @astrobuddha . Join us!! #nourishmentnotjustfood #40daysofself #artista #travelcook #pickle #power (at Barnsdall Art Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2-evlgAW24/?igshid=to39w5wolg2e

#nourishmentnotjustfood #40daysofself #artista #travelcook #pickle #power

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Green tea salad Self Care. #40daysofself #travelcook #thepeoplescook (at TENI East Kitchen) https://www.instagram.com/p/B27bDE7gc5Y/?igshid=5jz8qozn9fdh

#40daysofself #travelcook #thepeoplescook

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19: rehearsal space for intentions and actions #40daysofself #closethecamps #us #centroamericanos #muslims #china #littlecentralamerica #iranianguatemalansunite #artista #socialengagement (at Mission District, San Francisco) https://www.instagram.com/p/B25DPoigPoO/?igshid=382ddjn9f5kw

#40daysofself #closethecamps #us #centroamericanos #muslims #china #littlecentralamerica #iranianguatemalansunite #artista #socialengagement

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17: for this #40daysofSelf, I have been reading books by friends. To reconnect to their voices, their wisdom. To take the time to hear them. I spend hours and hours reading dead people or “traditional” lit of complicated authors that may be great storytellers, but as people, I don’t really know. Why not enjoy living lit from people who love and nourish me and honor their wisdom with a close read? I am reading #letterstoblackparentsvisitingearth by @janetstickmon being inspired about how to raise my goddaughter, my self, my community. A book, at first, I didn’t know what to expect, and realize perfect time, perfect book. Her book reminded me the necessity of why we all need to take space with our narratives, our language, our memories, our chisme. I am wrting poems on all my books these days, and this is one I wrote inspired by Janet who always inspires me. Get this book people, if for nothing else, to hear this necessary voice. It will irritate, soothe, and spark. This is not a paid endorsement, more of poetic testimonial. #40daysofself #book #nourishmentnotjustfood #blackparents #earth #visitingplanetearth #love #onethirdonethirdonethird #defendyourchildren #friends (at Süleymaniye Mosque) https://www.instagram.com/p/B22PKQNAv0Z/?igshid=1y1e4tdpg5ume

#40daysofself #letterstoblackparentsvisitingearth #book #nourishmentnotjustfood #blackparents #earth #visitingplanetearth #love #onethirdonethirdonethird #defendyourchildren #friends

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17: when I have rehearsal in the bay / this is how I start my day. #nuevacancion #mission #40daysofself #tamale #peruvianfood #nourishmentnotjustfood #littlecentralamerica #travelcook #yourturn https://www.instagram.com/p/B213TrXgCnv/?igshid=pntcn6gtcp9n

#nuevacancion #mission #40daysofself #tamale #peruvianfood #nourishmentnotjustfood #littlecentralamerica #travelcook #yourturn

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17: for this #40daysofSelf, I have been reading books by friends. To reconnect to their voices, their wisdom. To take the time to hear them. I spend hours and hours reading dead people or “traditional” lit of complicated authors that may be great storytellers, but as people, I don’t really know. Why not enjoy living lit from people who love and nourish me and honor their wisdom with a close read? I am reading #letterstoblackparentsvisitingearth by @janetstickmon being inspired about how to raise my goddaughter, my self, my community. A book, at first, I didn’t know what to expect, and realize perfect time, perfect book. Her book reminded me the necessity of why we all need to take space with our narratives, our language, our memories, our chisme. I am wrting poems on all my books these days, and this is one I wrote inspired by Janet who always inspires me. Get this book people, if for nothing else, to hear this necessary voice. It will irritate, soothe, and spark. This is not a paid endorsement, more of poetic testimonial. #40daysofself #book #nourishmentnotjustfood #blackparents #earth #visitingplanetearth #love #onethirdonethirdonethird #defendyourchildren #friends (at Süleymaniye Mosque) https://www.instagram.com/p/B22PKQNAv0Z/?igshid=13nl874q64zgr

#40daysofself #letterstoblackparentsvisitingearth #book #nourishmentnotjustfood #blackparents #earth #visitingplanetearth #love #onethirdonethirdonethird #defendyourchildren #friends

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17: when I have rehearsal in the bay / this is how I start my day. #nuevacancion #mission #40daysofself #tamale #peruvianfood #nourishmentnotjustfood #littlecentralamerica #travelcook #yourturn https://www.instagram.com/p/B213TrXgCnv/?igshid=kasle2r62zbw

#nuevacancion #mission #40daysofself #tamale #peruvianfood #nourishmentnotjustfood #littlecentralamerica #travelcook #yourturn

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16: when I started doing journalism in the 90s, I loved writing one word sentences. Still do. I know. A traditional sentence requires a subject and a predicate. My noun or verb are invisible. Don’t box in my invisible actions or tell me my invisible people, places or things don’t exist! Or do all my nouns and verbs have to be visible to you to be acknowledged?. #poetry #journalism #oneword #40daysofSelf #word (at Vancouver, Washington) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2zRRmXAYjt/?igshid=14mc7zo4sb2c7

#poetry #journalism #oneword #40daysofself #word

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15: Houston #reliefgang repost from @corinnadelgado ・・・ For my #Houston & #SETX Familia 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻☔️☔️☔️ If you are in need during #Imelda here’s the number for #ReliefGang ☎️ God Bless @djmrrogers & @traeabn for all they do for the city 🤘🏼 Please add this to your story to spread the news. Stay safe & stay on high ground. . #repost 🔃 @houstontrend | @mflecknoe @houstonchron @abc13houston @fox26houston (at Houston, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2rRe-TAKiJ/?igshid=a8fmyynwnxcs

#reliefgang #houston #setx #imelda #repost

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14: Very excited to be working with my dream team of central american artists: on show that premieres here in LA Oct. 2, 3 and 4th. FOR GRAND PERFORMANCES! UNA GRAN PERFORMANCE of amazing artists to make you laugh, cry, dance, sing... I had to bring out some LA DREAM TEAM, just because and because we are going to have a DJ, too. WHAT???? IT'S FREE. GET YOUR TICKETS NOW. Tickets in the bio and right here: http://bit.ly/Vari1984 JOIN US. Not just for the 40 Days of Self for me, but do it because you want to go see some syncopated synergy de some magica in a LA sanctuary that has been home for some magic for a long time! Info from the press release: VARIEDADES: Little Central America, 1984 re-inhabits the church sanctuary with poetry, music, dance, and imagery to represent a singular moment in Latin American and American history. After the persecuted found shelter, they began, often with the support of those who received them, to heal the wounds of war. And they persevered to change the conditions and policies that caused the violence in the first place. VARIEDADES: Little Central America, 1984 memorializes recent history to give hope as a new wave of refugees arrives from Central America. #40daysofSelf #performance #iranianguatemalansunite #LAXperformance #centroamericano #centroamericana #centroamericanx #chapinx #elsalvador #LADreamTeamIsInTheHouse (at Echo Park United Methodist Church) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2oC8qdgA3r/?igshid=1qmbwuwy6jdr0

#40daysofself #performance #iranianguatemalansunite #laxperformance #centroamericano #centroamericana #centroamericanx #chapinx #elsalvador #ladreamteamisinthehouse