I like to use my car as a medium to promote cultural change and conversation in local community spaces.
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I have loved to write poetry since I was about 11 years old. Lately, I have been focused on discovering ways to incorporate the climate crisis and punk DIY into some sort of art form to inspire more activists in the U.S. to fight for our rights for clean air and water.
Where do you find inspiration?I find inspiration in the lyrics and music created by other artists. I feel a symbiosis in the collective energy of sound and rhythm. I am also inspired by the land back movement and the desire for humanity to reconnect with our planet and the feminine. I work full time and do environmental activism when I can. The Fox was an environmental activist in my home town and I used him as inspiration to my work.
What would you do with $25,000?I would add it to a funding pool for community co-op housing in my city for a local mutual aid organization. I'd say purchase an electric car, but I'm running this gas guzzler to the ground and hopefully taking big oil down with it.
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