“The Red Birds” is part of a larger body of work called The Red Collection, which I’ve created a space for since many of the beautiful journals that have published my lyrical essays so far are no longer in publication, and as a multimedia project, a website is the best place to share it. This essay was going to be published in the Transformative Power of Art Journal before it went out of funding. It is such an integral part of my project, I have posted it here to get it out in the world.

For me, it’s a refuge, and refuge used to be a serene place in my mind with a bird bath, the sun setting, a pond, and a city in the distance. When I first began to use oil pastels to express what was inside of me wanting to come out, it looked like this, and that was the perfect starting place.

“The Red Spine Dance” is part of a larger body of work called The Red Collection, which I’ve created a space for in honor of the beautiful journals that have published them so far. This essay was first published by Megan Febuary in the For Women Who Roar anthology on January 4, 2023. Since those links aren’t permanent, I have re-posted it here.

“The Red Frame” is part of a larger body of work called The Red Collection, which I’ve created a space for in honor of the beautiful journals that have published them so far. This essay was first published by Waxwing in Issue 6 on June 15, 2015. Since those links aren’t permanent, I have re-posted it here.