0:00:00.000,0:00:02.410 (soft music) 0:00:07.374,0:00:11.374 (soft ethereal music) 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 - You know when you have[br]dreams that you're in a house, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 it's often the parts of your psyche. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 And the different rooms[br]are different places 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 in your mind and your spirit. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 (soft ethereal music) 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 A reoccurring place that[br]represents the parts of ourselves 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 or different times of our lives. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 (soft ethereal music) 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 As we come to the rooms in this exhibit, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 your shadow is cast on the wall, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 and we begin with the[br]awareness of our bodies 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 and our impact in that space. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 (soft ethereal music) 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 I would ask people to enter into the space 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 with the kind of reverence[br]that we would enter 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 into our own psychological spaces, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 that we would navigate[br]our own internal spaces. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Even if that sensitivity 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 isn't a comfortable neural pathway, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 we can build one. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 This is how we start. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 (soft ethereal music) 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Cool. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Yes. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Start with a little dash of orange. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 I didn't know about the[br]Fabric Workshop before. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 I was familiar with some[br]of their past projects, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 but I didn't know the[br]whole scope of this place. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 I'm just gonna keep going.[br]- Keep going. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 - Just give a shape and I'll make it.[br]- That's perfect. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 - They were just inviting[br]me to play, right? 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 They were like, what in[br]your practice do you feel 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 you don't really get to do as much? 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Coming from Santa Clara, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 I've only sort of played[br]around with fabric 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 for ceremonial stuff. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 You can't participate 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 or have what you're supposed[br]to wear for ceremony 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 unless you make it yourself, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 and so most people in the[br]tribe know how to sew. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Oh, dope, I like that one a lot. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Ah! 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Okay, is it okay if I chop 'em? 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 - Yeah, chop them. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 - This is like the funnest ever. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 This is like Rose's bliss. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 (soft ethereal music) 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 This show, it's like[br]sifting through your world 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 to find what is delicious and what isn't. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 I wanna just shake it and[br]all the other stuff come out 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 and only the good stuff left. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 (soft ethereal music)[br](machine whirring) 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 All right. What have we here? 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 (soft ethereal music) 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 So cool how it hardens up. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 This is perfect. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 I couldn't imagine a better morning. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 (soft ethereal music) 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 I've invested so much outside of myself, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 like I'm very much, I think,[br]giving my energy away. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 This is a prayer that my life changes 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 and that I can make space for[br]the things I value for myself, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 and those aesthetics that I value 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 are not just going out there in the world, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 that they're coming back to[br]me and to my lived spaces. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 (soft ethereal music) 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 I woke up from a dream this morning 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 that my clay had seeds in it. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 - [Producer] Was that a scary dream? 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 - No, it was like... 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 I don't know, the metaphor is interesting. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 I really like listening to my dreams. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Lots and lots of journeys,[br]like walking this path 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 that's like a familiar place. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 (soft ethereal music) 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 When I travel, the first thing I think is, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 geez, I wonder what this place looked like 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 before it was Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Like, who were the indigenous people? 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 What did the land feel like 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 and what were the languages[br]spoken and how did that sound? 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 I always think that, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 and you can fall into[br]a really deep sadness. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 And I can hold space for that[br]and be like, yes, I'm sad, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 and I'm always really sad and[br]it's always really complicated 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 and it's like, yeah, and. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 It hurts, and it's also now in the present 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 and we can find incredibly[br]beautiful things. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 (soft ethereal music) 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 We give baskets with[br]gifts in the community. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Like if you do something nice[br]for somebody, you get baskets 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 and then you'll hang it up in your house, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 and then if you need to[br]gift, then you have baskets. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 So it keeps getting kind of moved around. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 (soft ethereal music) 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Some elders will have their whole ceiling 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 just covered in baskets. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 (soft ethereal music) 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Your worth is based on[br]how much you can give 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 and how you're recognized[br]for the gifts you give. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 We remove our shoes and we[br]can sit with each other. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 And above us are paper bowls[br]that have stars in them 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 that create the ceiling of guidance. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 And then below us are pillows[br]that have stars on them. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 And so we're like... the comfort[br]of guidance is holding us 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 to give us a place to connect. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 (soft ethereal music) 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 The layers of the rooms in this exhibit 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 are very much about boundaries[br]and how much I share 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 and how much I don't share. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 (soft ethereal music) 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 I wanted people to see what[br]the walls were made out of, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 which also provides an[br]incredible opportunity 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 to feel like you're in between the walls. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 And it is like entering into[br]layers of the subconscious. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Then there was this deeper space 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 that you can only see a section of. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 And there's actually parts of[br]the room no one will ever see. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 (soft ethereal music) 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 My work is so much about giving back self 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 or consciousness to things[br]that we have deemed lifeless. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 (soft ethereal music) 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 There are three masks in the work room 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 and in that sort of pressure, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 you're sitting in the hot[br]seat, you're being watched 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 by more than we would ever[br]know, and that's supportive. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 It's also probably a little[br]bit critical at times, right? 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 But how do you act when you know you have 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 this community that's larger[br]than what we perceive? 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 We're on this grind, right? 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 And it goes and goes and goes. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 (soft ethereal music) 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 It's not necessarily a bad thing, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 it's actually the[br]deliciousness of life, right? 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 This is it. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 I wouldn't be doing this work 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 if it wasn't the thing that[br]I needed to learn the most. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 (soft ethereal music) 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 And so everything that I do like this 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 hopefully is tipping the scale. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Every rock on this side where[br]my life becomes more conscious 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 and more intentional and more prayerful. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 (soft ethereal music) 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 It's my goal. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 It's my dream. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 (soft ethereal music)