the subtleties of animal-human relationships and mutual activation of one another as vessels of feeling;
an individual appreciation for the mundane bonds I have with my cat, my body, and our shared animalness;
questioning what is public and personal through an exchange of deep intimacy/vulnerability;
explicit inclusion of trans nudity and queer joy in the face of unrelenting censorship as a survival tactic to disrupt oppressive, cisnormative systems.
material reality
zines: accessible, hand-crafted items that celebrate flaw and the process of creation; Risograph: a medium that imbues each comic with a lifespan of their own.
1. cat-shaped heart
2. imprinted
3. texture in path
4. sun in me, sun in you
5. channel vein
6. of a heart (that gives all)
7. marred
2025; hand-bound riso-comic perzines (108mm×140mm; 4.25”×5.5”) editions of 40
Printed at ARTSLab, generously funded by the UNM honors college as a hila major capstone project.