01/15/2025
Hey everyone.... I’ve been trying to post resources in stories, but haven’t had the brain or body power to make a grid post. It's been an intense week, but I’m safe, and didn’t have to evacuate.
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However, a lot of artists made their homes in the historically black & latino neighborhood of Altadena, which was ravaged by the Eaton Fire. The amount of people I know who’ve lost everything, is massive. It’s a deeply devastating time in Los Angeles, full of shock & grief & tentative hope. I’m trying to contribute to as many GoFundMe’s as I can & help distribute info. As well as devise a sustainable plan for allocating donations thru button sales, going into the coming months. As this will be a very long term recovery.
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We lack contemporary universal ways to indicate grieving in our lives, outside of verbally telling people, or other people sharing our stories for us. Both those options can be uncomfortable. When we’re experiencing it, grief intensely affects our lives & how we’re able to engage with the world around us, and it doesn't have a set end time, it lingers. I made this button a while ago, in hopes of lightening the load a bit, in a quiet way, for folks that are grieving. I’m happy to send one to anyone who’s been affected by the fires, but I recognize that might be tricky to do.
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Also, just a giant shout-out to all the amazing c0vid conscious mask blocks in LA who’ve been providing health protective N95 masks to folks for the past couple years & have moved mountains to continue to do that work on a massive scale during these wildfires. N95/KN95 masking protects against covid, flu & all viral illness floating about, toxins from climate catastrophe like these wildfires & protection of your identity under the surveillance state.
Image ID: A woven cotton gray, black & blue shift with a round gray pinback attached that reads Grieving in simple san serif black text.
