What gardening teaches us is that if you plant things, they'll come up. But you have to be willing to wait for them to bear fruit because things are seasonal.
Alice Walker
THE WOMEN OF TEA BREAKS
I created this digital collage series autointuitively (using Midjourney/AI), in the spirit of modern urban medicine women who have vivid lucid dreams of past, current, and future recipes, and who cultivate and alchemize herbal and spiritual technologies that have the power to heal and change the world. The Women Of Tea Breaks are myself and all the Black women I’ve ever known, who have come to recognize after lifetimes of collective trauma and burden, that the care and cultivation of the earth starts with the self.
She's Got Her Head In The Clouds
She's Feeling Connected On A Root Level
She's Been Overthinking What She Already Knows
Honestly, She's Been Smoking All Day
She Got Her Nails Done
She Loves The Spring Best Of All
She Could Really Go For Some Fried Chicken
She Worked On A Cannabis Farm For A Summer
She Built A Tiny House and Lives In Nature
She's On One Of Those Quiet Sunday Trips
It's Her Favorite Time Of Day
She Remembers Drying Tobacco in the North Carolina Sun
Sometimes A Dark Thought Will Kill Her Vibe
She Rolled A Joint and Walked To The Woods
She's Deep In Her Cups
Smoke Gets In Her Eyes
She's Been In A Good Mood Lately
She's Been Quiet Lately
She Put On Makeup Just To Sit In The House
She's Got A Little Crush On Someone
She Finally Tried 3.5 Grams
She Fell Into A Deep Mid Afternoon Nap
She Took A Tea Break And She's Back
She's In A Process Of Slow Growth
She'll Dry Them Just Before They Die
She's Remembering Loves Lost
She Feels Like Sushi Today
She's Staying Hydrated And Minding Her Business
She's Barely Even Here
She Left The Function Early
She Takes Plant Cuttings On Her Walks
She's Always The First One Up In The Morning
She Remembers Picking Cotton On Dark Mornings
Her Womb Is Aching
She's Writing A Book Of Recipes And Spells
The Day Has Been Hard & She's Running A Bath
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