Self-Care

'Self-Care' is a 14x14 inch hand-carved linoleum block print on kraft brown Stonehenge paper. Originally designed in August 2020, the print was reworked into its current format in January 2022.   The print reads: "Caring for myself is not self-indulgence. It is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare. -- Audre Lorde". "Self-Care" boasts the famous words by Lorde, the Black Feminist scholar, activist, and pleasure seeker. It also centers the body of a Black, non-binary trans, queer person who sits upon a bed of moss and mushrooms, contemplating what rest means for them. Our dedication to our own rest is not only political, it is an act of liberation-- especially when reinforced and supported by community care.   'Self-Care' is a piece that came out of the depths of the pandemic. Originally created as a piece that would be published in a mutual aid zine-- Onlinocut Presents: Carving Out A Collective Future, featuring the printmaking art of 12 different artists from aro