https://spatialtherapy.co/stories daily 0.75 2026-02-19 https://spatialtherapy.co/stories/entelechy-i monthly 0.5 2026-02-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/2100868f-a8d2-49b1-a086-8704bff09755/CA4E2072-FF7D-44B6-9147-CE52BC467E48.JPEG Blog - Entelechy I by John Portman - Entelechy I By architect John Portman The Portman family opened its doors in October 2026 for Atlanta Design Festival’s annual architecture tours. The tour was hosted by John Portman’s family members, a team of archivists and Atlanta Design Festival docents. This tour was special because rather than simply walking through the space, guests got to hear stories from family that grew up in this daydream of a home. With it’s complex, multi-layered floor plan, Entelechy I is a premier example of biophilic design. Views of towering indoor trees complement one of two dining spaces. A water way flows from outdoors to indoors, softly rippling beneath elevated platforms that house plants, furniture and walking space. Entelechy I is a show house, an art piece in itself. Still, the bedrooms are quiet nests. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1771280285885-ECNLYSKIVU85YX0ODZLM/entelechy+corridor.jpg Blog - Entelechy I by John Portman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1771280284189-UIBM10ZB9JFD7GWJOGO2/entelechy+and+me.jpg Blog - Entelechy I by John Portman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1771280520970-K6ZWLUWHXMVCEIHMYHA5/pebble.jpg Blog - Entelechy I by John Portman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1771281398154-NWGSGYT80H84CIKX3SF8/DFA6678A-B4F1-41D8-8E8B-BA3FAE7DAE67.JPEG Blog - Entelechy I by John Portman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1771281399795-4F1DZAYWN8JX1K9GR2T3/3ED0562D-485D-4E17-9C49-517D0E569BB1.JPEG Blog - Entelechy I by John Portman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1771281517222-HV5V9L399YS0NGE4NYRN/CA72027B-859E-4831-8310-BDA4BB81200C.JPEG Blog - Entelechy I by John Portman - Exploding Columns Copper colored exploding columns are an identifying characteristic at Entelechy I. Exterior columns, in a way, bend the walls, bringing the outside in, and the inside out. Interior columns have a larger than life quality reminiscent of a grand library or museum, a fitting association seeing that life-size stone sculptures nestle in the columns. The home is sectioned off to distinguish between public space, where guests are entertained, and private space where family retreats. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/0153b8db-acca-4777-b063-f7f468973f34/IMG_9994.jpeg Blog - Entelechy I by John Portman - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1771363811472-VQCEFVIRGXD21ZLRVWMH/sculpture.jpg Blog - Entelechy I by John Portman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1771279809332-8P32TLHOTAH9PLNPPSIG/IMG_9952.jpeg Blog - Entelechy I by John Portman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1771279806502-GO9JAX35EPV8LG1TMQTN/IMG_0040.jpeg Blog - Entelechy I by John Portman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1771281519088-LBE3ETJ6UGO5F01SB7MV/IMG_0001.jpeg Blog - Entelechy I by John Portman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1771281517222-HV5V9L399YS0NGE4NYRN/CA72027B-859E-4831-8310-BDA4BB81200C.JPEG Blog - Entelechy I by John Portman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1771281715934-EEQZK8PFLAKOR3FTXBTD/9382B9CC-05B8-49AA-81E4-24E9782E8D8C.JPEG Blog - Entelechy I by John Portman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1771281665770-UTSQ4F9S2TABPRTZBUZE/entelechy+and+me+2.jpg Blog - Entelechy I by John Portman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1771281600498-2NY4MOV7FZHKTXWNMRTO/garage.jpg Blog - Entelechy I by John Portman https://spatialtherapy.co/stories/casa-ya-mwezi-recap monthly 0.5 2026-02-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/37ef0226-38e1-4b76-adf6-dcb3a8a35a13/E90EDAEA-A128-46D1-AF23-2F96173AF32D.PNG Blog - Recap: Casa Ya Mwezi - Casa Ya Mwezi A Furniture Exhibition Casa Ya Mwezi marries ancient traditional craft with leading edge design to build the living/work spaces of the future. Through furniture design, research, exhibition and storytelling, CYM cultivates spaces embedded with new freedom templates. Our inaugural exhibition took place at Italian Luxury Interiors during Atlanta Design Festival 2025. showcased hand-built furniture, sculpture and bespoke home accents. We showcased hand built furniture, sculpture, prototypes, ceramic, bespoke home accents and African antiquities. A selection of works are highlighted below. View the full Casa Ya Mwezi catalog. Curated by Kenniese S. Franklin • Zenya Sawela • SheaGreen • Dejanerra Mugford https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/7a8d8520-7850-4dc1-ad01-412ef7380154/Screenshot+2026-01-28+at+4.58.08%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - Recap: Casa Ya Mwezi - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/2e8db336-c78a-4f4d-9079-72f6c14d90f2/E158128E-5110-4E15-B8EF-6CE94067A248.JPEG Blog - Recap: Casa Ya Mwezi - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/eace2124-889d-4d0b-807d-844a9ac57834/kieta+on+couch+1.PNG Blog - Recap: Casa Ya Mwezi - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1761693766719-W8S5ME8ISZ2TJJ3T0VZZ/limba+2w.JPEG Blog - Recap: Casa Ya Mwezi - The Limba loveseat Kieta Rose Kieta envisioned contemplating upon a pile of stones when conceptualizing the Limba loveseat. She brought the vision to life with hand sculpted cushions asymmetrically stacked in perfect balance. Connect with Kieta Rose https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1756183768918-WSMY0GYEF3ZP6HG84BXO/ira+chair.png Blog - Recap: Casa Ya Mwezi - Ira Zenya Sawela Ira by Zenya Sawela https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/6831bde9-d752-41ac-a030-aac31119d850/CYM+CATALOG+2025-2026%281%29.jpg Blog - Recap: Casa Ya Mwezi - St. Aubyn, The Lost Parish Zenya Sawela At Flat Bridge, Jamaica where the Rio Cobre river runs deep, legend tells of a golden table that rises at noon on the hottest days. Guarded by River Mumma right beneath the bridge, many sought to claim it, but the river swallowed lives and kept its treasure hidden, teaching that true wealth lies not in possession, but in harmony. This dining table carries that spirit forward. It’s not a prize to be seized, but a rare creation to be lived with. A piece where myth and craft converge, offering wholeness and presence to those who bring it into their home. This table depicts the topology of St. Aubyn, The Lost Parish in which the riverbed is its entryway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/ff46349a-678a-4833-a0eb-f61369084e5d/zenya+with+cool+couple.png Blog - Recap: Casa Ya Mwezi - Make it stand out Zenya Sawela describes her process toguests. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/07db8cae-07e3-429f-abbc-4d768bcdcd64/palm+print+styled.JPEG Blog - Recap: Casa Ya Mwezi - Palm Print Coffee Table Kenniese Franklin Palm Print gets its name from the lines that separate each portion of the table top. Shaped like a fork in the road, these lines assume the directions of the head line and life line in palmistry. Modular and organically shaped, Palm Print breaks into three smaller, multi-purpose tables. It’s grounding presence becomes the anchor in your space. For its debut at Casa Ya Mwezi 2025, Palm Print was paired with the Limba loveseat by Kieta Rose, Queen’s Flame by Hopeton St. Claire Hibbert and a selection of African antiques from Twin Brothers Gallery. Connect with Kenniese Franklin, Casa Ya Mwezi co-founder https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/7f8ca9d6-3dd8-40a1-8136-82f1898488a2/Moonrock+at+casa.jpg Blog - Recap: Casa Ya Mwezi - Moonrock Water Fountain Kenniese Franklin Moonrock was situated at the entrance of the exhibition. A fluid but grounding energy greeted the guests, activating their senses through soft water rippling. This water feature is composed of plaster of paris, stucco, Georgia red clay, acrylic, copper and stone. 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I am committed to seek and co-create living symbols,such as masks and mirrors,that aid in the navigation of psycho-political and cultural disorientations. - Suzanna Missenberger Connect with Suzanna https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/3b4bba8a-c728-416a-aa20-fd00693f20e6/DDA6E526-948D-43D9-952C-E8A884304B7A.JPEG Blog - Recap: Casa Ya Mwezi - Queen’s Flame Hopeton St. Clair Hibbert Through his ongoing Ode to John Henry series, Hibbert reclaims salvaged industrial materials—railroad wood, iron, rebar, concrete—transforming them into layered narratives of labor, resilience, and cultural memory. Paired with the Limba loveseat, Queen’s Flame radiates regal strength, its fiery presence symbolizing feminine power, endurance, and illumination. Connect with Hopeton https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/dab2f44a-0d17-4e9d-9bc8-9f46d0656d32/table+lamp+bright.jpg Blog - Recap: Casa Ya Mwezi - Sculpted Table Lamps SheaGreen Hand sculpted and intricately etched with sacred symbology, SheaGreen table lamps are totems for the home. Sheana crafts small-batch pieces that soften the line between art and functional objects. Raised in Queens and now establishing roots in Georgia, her journey with clay began as a spiritual reclamation, a way to reconnect with her own divine nature amid life’s noise. What started as an act of self-remembrance has blossomed into a practice centered on creating tangible affirmations for the home. 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We’re eager to showcase a curated collection of handcrafted functional art pieces. We intend to nurture lines of communication between artists and designers. Set inside Italian Luxury Interiors, the exhibition consists of ceramic, woodwork, lighting, concrete, and color. The work is meant to capture a wide range of intangible sensations and contain them in physical forms. This exhibition highlights Earth based materials in all of their elegance and ruggedness. Expect to see 20+ pieces that use soft lines, clean corners and ancient symbolism. 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Designed and built by Zenya Sawela, Casa Ya Mwezi co-founder and featured artist. https://spatialtherapy.co/stories/sweeping monthly 0.5 2026-02-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/5b026765-8473-4faf-a9af-4f978989ed90/prepare+the+space.png Blog - brooms & the ritual of sweeping - Written by Kenniese S. Franklin I’m not sure who taught me how to sweep. My guess is my first of two step fathers. He was the meanest and most strict. Ex-military neat freak who believed in empty countertops and push ups as punishment. From those years I inherited the ceaseless pursuit of spaciousness in the home. If not him it was my aunt, my mother’s only sister. If she didn’t clean it, she can’t trust it. Her eye is trained to spot smudges, hairs and crusted food in places they don’t belong. A restaurant’s cleanliness is never assumed, only earned. The nights we spent at her house as children always involved a bath, with the tub cleaned before and after every use. Who taught her to clean, taught me. During recent visits with my grandparents, I’ve studied my grandfather’s commitment to hand washing every dirty dish in the house. He keeps one side of the sink half full with water, soap and “just a little bit of bleach to sterilize the dishes.” The water is never too cloudy to see through and most always free of floaties. Helping hands are present but dismissed. The dishwasher is also present and dismissed. If my grandfather hears water whisper from my trying to sneak-wash lunch dishes, he looks over calmly from the recliner and tells me don’t worry about it. “Are you sure?” I ask though I know he is. Who taught him to wash dishes, taught me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/5a7e577e-3e24-4a6f-b589-e4ed36329fea/banana+leaf+broom+1.jpg Blog - brooms & the ritual of sweeping Little clouds of energy gather at our ankles and hoover until they’re dispersed by the broom, if not the wind. When the wind visits, allow her in the home. Let her breath into your corridors. Spaciousness around the feet is spaciousness in the mind, belly and shoulders. My home is my twin. I wipe her floors and cleanse my skin. For the duration of this writing I adopted a daily sweeping practice that belongs to the morning. Every sweep another layer of grime is brushed from my mind. I sense decades-old dust that has kindly sat in corners - subtle, but not silent. I dig day after day and unearth familial distress that’s been decaying so long it has crumbled. To sweep is to reveal. I’m bred to spot when something needs cleaning or correction, a quality that seeps even into the perfectly fine. It’s a shadow over the sun, the dimming of its shimmer. There’s an accumulated clarity that accompanies a daily sweeping practice. To sweep is to caress.There’s no smudge that can’t be wiped. “When places are not kept regularly many unwanted things live around, and through decay cause bad olfactory…It is through sweeping that environment is restored. The broom is used to sweep and rejuvenation is caused to exist and the newness is sustained within the habitat and society,” says Peter O. Atuu. Sweeping is the through line between then, now and soon come. One who sweeps daily keeps time. https://spatialtherapy.co/stories/alida-hotel monthly 0.5 2025-05-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/daaef31c-4e78-4240-b2e9-6deec3a49f9a/alida+hotel+lobby+1.jpeg Blog - 36 hours in savannah - The Alida Savannah A Tribute Portfolio Hotel Photographed by Kenniese S. Franklin Earlier this year, I quietly celebrated my birthday with my mother in Savannah, GA. We stayed at the Alida, located downtown right off the Riverwalk. The hotel is homey, but doesn’t feel like home, which I appreciate. I like to feel like I’m elsewhere on my hotel adventures. Below are a few design elements I loved and a few I’d change. four things i loved Immediate Immersion. The front desk is set a ways away from the entrance. Rather than handling paper work immediately on arrival, guests take a short stroll through the world of Alida. Warm colors, textured walls and dramatic plants pull you inward. You orient yourself in the space, then you handle business. Color Palette. Terracotta arm chairs blend with red brick walls and gold light fixtures. Various shades of blue create calm contrast. The color palette introduces cohesion through all corners of the hotel - from the The Trade Room lounge to Rhett restaurant and from The Lost Square rooftop bar to the Keep Shop. The spaces in the Alida are their own orchestra. Designers: LMNOP Creative https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/a20d2f31-5620-40dc-854e-3cdd338b6c87/IMG_1834.jpeg Blog - 36 hours in savannah 3. Bay Windows. Right off the check-in desk is a large, curved window wall fitted with a blue velvet bench. It’s unique seating that encourages contemplation. Guests can lounge, converse and take in city views. Our guest room featured window seating behind sheer curtains. The afternoon light that washes through that window warms the entire room. Perfect for reading, meditating and daydreaming. 4. Dining Spaces. Atmosphere is everything. We visited the Trade Room lounge and restaurant for some cocktails. When my mother asked where I wanted to sit, a navy blue corner toward the back caught my attention. It was tucked off in a way that made it feel private, yet connected. Dark hues paired with wine, warm lights and a window is a winning combination. The Lost Square, Alida’s rooftop lounge, has a large fire place and stunning views of the river. Rhett restaurant is inviting, open, well-lit. The burger was good! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1745595143527-V6VH21ML59EQYJXAK3DS/IMG_1930.jpg Blog - 36 hours in savannah https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1745595143706-W3PTCATL0DYAEH0P2UD9/IMG_1897.jpeg Blog - 36 hours in savannah https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/a1357062-8f6e-4bc1-aa42-8fb8046c195d/trade+room+alida.jpg Blog - 36 hours in savannah - three things i’d change The Music. I’m not hard to please when it comes to music, but I do have obscure taste. And I do believe certain environments call for certain vibrations. I approve of the soul music they played on the rooftop around sunset. But each time we sat down to eat at the restaurants, I wished something smoother was playing. The music was upbeat, electronic and poppy. I prefer soulful, jazzy, groovy. Artists like Yussef Dayes, Common Saints and Kaytranada would elevate the atmosphere at the Alida. Meeting Spaces. The concept of the hotel ballroom is outdated. People want to feel excited by the spaces they’re in, especially for events like weddings and holiday parties. Event spaces must be neutral enough for any group of people to make it their own, but that doesn’t have to mean boring. Hotels should incorporate art galleries that double as event spaces. Art is a means of expressing the culture and history of a place. A gallery is a thoughtful backdrop that casually informs and inspires. The Keep Shop features objects made by local makers. The lobby showcases local art as well. Lighting. If lighting is the jewelry of a room, Alida is wearing too much. Many light fixtures in the hotel have complex silhouettes. The metallic finish with the multi-layered build of the chandeliers fel noisy for me, especially in dining spaces with hard tile floors. Perhaps a more simple fixture would create serenity and room to breath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1745595030059-4BWXBCCGJJ0H6GZ2CNAT/IMG_1672.jpg Blog - 36 hours in savannah https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1747685687070-EXO9W8QCDFBX5YHK9RZW/IMG_1541.jpeg Blog - 36 hours in savannah https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1747685687755-BM99USOK3R9PFXW9176W/IMG_1652.jpeg Blog - 36 hours in savannah https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/d53ad02b-3b54-4f41-a570-a5f48aa21d3e/IMG_4948.jpg Blog - 36 hours in savannah - Make it stand out The Lost Square Rooftop Lounge & Bar. 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Reflections on the Creative Placemaking Summit in Atlanta, GA. 2024. About a year ago, I received a scholarship to attend the Creative Placemaking Summit in Atlanta, GA. A gathering of designers, architects, artists, city planners and developers, the four day conference ignited a fire in me that quietly crackles, still. Every time I sat down to work on this essay, I got frustrated, angry even. I left the essay and came back and left and came back for nearly a year, finally realizing I couldn’t finish because the term creative placemaking gives me the heebie jeebies. It makes me uncomfortable. It’s a gentrified way to describe what indigenous and diasporic peoples have been doing for generations. We do it because our life depends on it. Placemaking, for us, is an instinctual urge to transform our surroundings so they reflect cultural identity and accommodate familial needs. I’ll call it organic placemaking, for the sake of this writing, and to distinguish between what we do as culture keepers and what is formally referred to as placemaking. Placemaking is the responsibility of artists who tell the stories of a place, chefs who guard generational recipes, medicine makers with land literacy, musicians, orators, writers, educators and laborers. These are the people who organically make a place what it is. These are the keepers of a place whose practices and perspectives are often audaciously bypassed when large scale placemaking initiatives come knocking. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/a6176332-6781-4096-a0a3-cf3daeabcddf/buttermilk+bottom+2.png Blog - Organic Placemaking - Make it stand out Boy in Buttermilk Bottom, 1964. 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Puerto Viejo is a beach town with a familial feel. Shops in the town center are positioned close to one another. Most establishments don’t have front doors, but rather open air entryways, so they almost feel like they’re outside. The highlight of our trip was the Airbnb we booked just off the main road. This blog post explores the modern, tropical design of our private villa. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1737048544586-ASR7YSR6H6O4HCI6QKP1/IMG_4164.jpg Blog - 72 Hours in Puerto Viejo - Open air villa, Puerto Viejo de Talamanca, Costa Rica Open air villa in Puerto Viejo. By Al Caribe Sur. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1737048548814-9IAQHHFVZSG47RJOA49F/IMG_4030.jpg Blog - 72 Hours in Puerto Viejo - Dr. Simone Mayes takes a quiet moment in the outdoor kitchen. 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The roof is of course water tight, so guests can enjoy rainstorms while dry and protected. Built in Planters The walkway that connects the bedrooms has recesses in the ground where palms are planted. Though this is an outdoor living space, interior plants are a must. They creates cohesion between the covered “indoor” space and the tropical exterior. The interior plants were young when we visited, but in time, they’ll surely grow a couple more taller and elevate the indoor oasis. Partition Walls Configuring an open floor plan for coziness is a challenge. This space uses free standing walls to anchor and separate the entrance, the living and the dining area. The open air kitchen is nestled into a three sided wall that creates a subtle container for appliances and counter space. I’m unsure how the walls were constructed, but they have the look of concrete, which creates elegance in the space. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/bf5cbcb9-11c3-4d8d-bf34-7ae8e2423003/costa+rica+villa+2.JPG Blog - 72 Hours in Puerto Viejo - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/b0936f99-50ed-4115-8511-28eaf57f8a1c/bamboo+fence+poles.jpg Blog - 72 Hours in Puerto Viejo - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1677990429685-Q2L9JBZVUEBGMA3KDKN8/Costa+Rican+Banana+plant.JPG Blog - 72 Hours in Puerto Viejo - Things the Space Needs Yard Access. I love being outside in the yard. I love wandering and investigating all the tiny beings and the plants they live on. The yard behind our villa was off limits, but since I tend to live beyond those - I journeyed back there anyway, multiple times. I would have stayed longer if there hadn’t been a sign telling me to leave. I imagine the owners have plans to make that space accessible eventually. Bigger Couches. The couches weren’t lounge-worthy. The space sleeps six but the four of us adults couldn’t lean or lounge on the couches together, without being in each other’s space. The Airbnb listing shows they have since added a hammock-type lounge net, arm chairs and a pool/hot tub. They’re creating more space for lounging, but I believe, comfortable, nap-worthy couches play a non-transferable role. Bedroom Upgrades. The bedrooms had what they needed to be functional and practical, not comfortable. The walls were plain. The bedding was minimal. They felt empty although they had furniture. Simple, inexpensive upgrades could make these rooms feel more homey: A subtle wall color like sage green or a slate gray. Some throw pillows with washable covers to add texture and visual interest. More interesting curtains. Easy fixes. I wouldn’t have a problem staying here again, but would prefer to explore other rentals in the area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1737068081116-FPYLGI214AKIOBT1K102/IMG_0413.jpg Blog - 72 Hours in Puerto Viejo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1737068088719-S4YWS76M01224LKHMRTI/IMG_3966.JPG Blog - 72 Hours in Puerto Viejo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1737068450065-EH25KE1WXGOYPESDVRC8/IMG_4038.jpg Blog - 72 Hours in Puerto Viejo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1737068225759-HB608EA93F4WB4ED63DX/IMG_4121.JPG Blog - 72 Hours in Puerto Viejo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1737068088167-190J4FATFP0WX8ULOOZL/IMG_3978.JPG Blog - 72 Hours in Puerto Viejo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1737068630987-KJIMQLIWVSP8FHU4CDIF/174E5EEA-3F0D-452F-AB64-4E1CADFA5302.JPEG Blog - 72 Hours in Puerto Viejo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/0d2585f1-fe7b-4861-b3f3-b47021d02703/Punta+Uva+Costa+Rica.jpg Blog - 72 Hours in Puerto Viejo - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/42815eb6-f9fb-4e5a-bf50-a87ed8407f4d/IMG_4054.jpg Blog - 72 Hours in Puerto Viejo - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://spatialtherapy.co/stories/cloudhouse monthly 0.5 2026-02-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/c8ac335b-5dea-4270-a850-327a243fff5d/tempImageDgH4HV.jpg Blog - A Midcentury Daydream - Cloudhouse By Atelier Davis Atlanta, GA Cloudhouse is a renovated 1960s home designed by Jessica Davis of Atelier Davis, a small design studio based in Atlanta, GA. Cloudhouse was one of 20 locations that opened their doors for tours during Atlanta Design Festival 2024. Though preview pictures of each location were listed on the Design Festival’s website, all I needed was to see the front facade of Cloudhouse to know that if I nothing else, I had to visit. If not for the peach double doors and their dark knobs, the midnight blue skin on the home would be an L-shaped shadow nestled in the trees of Buckhead. The entryway is stacked with lush greenery, both potted and in ground. Cloudhouse is a masterclass in design. It’s highly intentional and curated, but still feels lived in and warm. It bridges the space between magazine clean and kids live here. Here’s four Design Techniques I observed that elevate the Cloudhouse aesthetic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1730431453383-ZXG68TWBZ5BGVI8Z6BMB/IMG_4940+2.jpg Blog - A Midcentury Daydream https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1730431288820-GKRX63JPF1KQJRNBBB0W/IMG_4778.jpg Blog - A Midcentury Daydream https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1730431289386-86BC9VVS9VERD5FGOWZ6/IMG_4906.jpeg Blog - A Midcentury Daydream - Statement Hall A dark wood-paneled wall lines the hallway that connects the kitchen at the front of the house to the den, bar and guest room at the back of the house. About 12-feet high, this statement hall is something you might see in a hotel lounge or luxury retail shop. Installing a wall like this in a residential space says “Our home life is exciting enough to warrant such a statement.” The dark color is broken up by light wash, warm-lit recesses in the wall. I’m calling them art boxes. One features a stone figure sculpture, a matchbook collection and wood artwork by Esteban Patino, an Atlanta-based artist. The other has bookshelf and something like a bulletin board displaying childrens’ artwork, family photos and save the dates. Ironically, the statement hall camouflages sets of doors that enclose a powder room and other secret cubbies. While a main character of the home, only a portion of the statement hall is visible from the front door. It’s tucked away enough that the front room and kitchen can have their moment when someone first enters the home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1730484218718-72CDS5B4O7CJQJDRDK7H/IMG_4821.jpeg Blog - A Midcentury Daydream - Personal Touch Effective design addresses your needs and most of us need storage. Using your personal belongings as decor is a multi-layered design choice that, if done right, turns your space into a perpetual hug. Three examples of personal touch in Cloudhouse are open air storage custom cabinet pulls display of personal collections Open Air Storage. The upstairs sunroom studio, my personal favorite room in Cloudhouse, is where Jessica works, and perhaps where the other women of Atelier Davis occasionally meet. The studio features storm cloud blue cabinetry, an 8-person table and large windows that reveal an attached patio surrounded by trees. I noticed a bin of rolled up blueprints, presumably from previous projects. The bin is a point of visual interest and at the same time a practical design decision. Some things are interesting or attractive enough to be stored out in the open. If you’re a woodworker maybe you display some of your hand tools or a collection of antique tools. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/351ec59a-3fa7-4462-81e7-bd3e2365fa78/IMG_4820.jpg Blog - A Midcentury Daydream Custom cabinet hardware. Cabinet pulls are quiet opportunities to elevate your space. Drawer pulls can be classy and at the same time whimsical. They can make you smile. Nest Studio, started by Jessica Davis in 2012, designed the cabinet hardware throughout the Cloudhouse kitchen. Upstairs in the sunroom studio, every drawer has a unique pull. I noticed what looks like a silly face made from cabinet hardware. Hobby Lobby is a great place to start if you’re looking for unique drawer pulls. You might also try a thrift store. There are, of course, plenty of online retailers like Nest Studio that carry cabinet pulls that complement a variety of aesthetics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1730484218749-BP00SLKUZJNDVUE7P4T7/IMG_4870.jpg Blog - A Midcentury Daydream Display Your Collection. It’s likely that one of the Cloudhouse dwellers has a fascination with tiny perfume bottles. The window-lined hallway leading from the front door to the primary suite exhibits a set of mirrored shelves decorated with collectible perfume bottles. Perhaps the bottles got lost in the texture of the wood wall and inspired the mirrored shelves. It’s not uncommon for people to feel intimidated when beginning to decorate their home. Start with the things you like and build from there. There’s no use in trying to mimic the home decor stores or the vignettes at Ikea. Those spaces likely won’t be compatible with you and your lifestyle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/51b83922-f2df-4442-8fa9-6f4cf46b1909/IMG_4834.jpeg Blog - A Midcentury Daydream - Outside In Just about every room in the house has large windows that create the feeling of being outdoors while indoors. The exterior paint of Cloudhouse is where midnight blue and forest green meet. Exposed wood beams throughout the home interior are stained that color, creating a seamless conversation that flows between outside and inside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1730484818053-T8WWTBCGBW0FKUEEH6YC/IMG_4838.jpeg Blog - A Midcentury Daydream https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1729474537972-IRFW1A0DR53KWNKIIKTJ/IMG_4899.jpg Blog - A Midcentury Daydream https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1729470629866-MD9BTMNF90VRMJSZB5EO/IMG_4764.jpeg Blog - A Midcentury Daydream https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1729470630215-JRQYS6FDOSRLD4U9ZOQ5/IMG_4876.jpeg Blog - A Midcentury Daydream https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/310be255-6915-4ba1-a650-3291f62ea9d3/IMG_4811.jpeg Blog - A Midcentury Daydream - Lighting Notice in the photos that every room has lighting installed based on its shape and size. There’s not too many floor lamps or lighting fixtures throughout the space. 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Tucked behind the trees of Buckhead, Atlanta Decorative Arts Center has been a staple in the design industry of the American South since the 1960s. At the time of this writing, I’d lived in Atlanta as an artist and designer for 3 years and had no knowledge of this design playground. No matter your location, there’s always something new nearby to discover — a cafe, a bookstore, a garden, a design campus. Designed by architect John Portman Jr., ADAC started as a one-story building with an open interior courtyard for parking and landscaping. The complex was intended for the distribution of furniture, fabrics, lighting, flooring and fixtures. As the luxury design industry expanded, so too did ADAC. Since its original construction, ADAC has grown through 5 expansions, transforming from a one-story structure to a gigantic design complex that features a main building with skylights over its 5-story atrium, 80+ showrooms/studios, a warehouse add-on and a 5-part sculptural tower titled Music South. Good design is never complete. 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The center opened itself to the public in 2012, a decision that intended to demystify design and encourage everyday people to involve themselves in design conversations. As the general public gains a deeper appreciation for the multi-layered importance of the design process, the value of the industry and its professionals increases. Discover ADAC, the annual open house, draws crowds of designers, architects, artists and enthusiasts. Due to Hurricane Helene, attendance at Discover ADAC 2024 was sparse. The place was damn near empty when I arrived, so much so I thought the showrooms were closed. I wandered through the hallways, bubbling with curiosity. Most showrooms had their glass doors shut, so I though they weren’t receiving guests. I spotted another (perhaps the only other) curly afro through a wall of windows, maneuvering through showroom vignettes. Without thinking twice, I pursued the afro and found myself on the other side of the glass, in a bright and airy showroom by Made Goods. I didn’t get to engage with the other curly girl, but her presence was all the permission I needed to take the chance and open a door. Made Goods works with artisans around the world to produce statement pieces for designers. See some textures from their designs below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1728613867406-5RUKDU7HIKYX62UN2CT5/IMG_3647.jpeg Blog - Atlanta Decorative Arts Center https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1728613862958-1H52HNOPA1EY94M8UWAK/IMG_3590.jpeg Blog - Atlanta Decorative Arts Center https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1728613869743-6DV565YVT4X3GOAXTXNR/IMG_3642.jpeg Blog - Atlanta Decorative Arts Center https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/66001c62-7009-4639-8e3f-177ecb641c23/habachy+lighting+wall.jpg Blog - Atlanta Decorative Arts Center - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1728617098567-MZTX6UW5PVGYW81BBTU6/IMG_3741.jpeg Blog - Atlanta Decorative Arts Center https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1728617098234-WJ0IGEQ8CZH7OAKHJ3KJ/IMG_3745.jpeg Blog - Atlanta Decorative Arts Center https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1728664242246-2YLPJKJ1PE4JWT78XCGH/9A448B9A-6864-4E67-AF7D-65651764E779.JPEG Blog - Atlanta Decorative Arts Center https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1728664242079-HN8J2G0QCFNM5M8J5TEN/F5A4E120-634E-4E81-BFBA-1EDA348F34D5.JPEG Blog - Atlanta Decorative Arts Center https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1728664571676-HC4I37J7ZKDSMAEKMX0A/IMG_3725.jpg Blog - Atlanta Decorative Arts Center https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1728663445391-EF8IOHT3FKV8ZH28ZVW1/IMG_3658.jpeg Blog - Atlanta Decorative Arts Center https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1728664412852-6AYLCFJYZ9HYMYE8H42E/IMG_3760.jpeg Blog - Atlanta Decorative Arts Center https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1728663448647-X4UKVBWFEJYLQCDB7X9P/IMG_3674.jpeg Blog - Atlanta Decorative Arts Center https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1728663446208-AYQJVPBCUGT9NDC4JEZD/IMG_3578.jpeg Blog - Atlanta Decorative Arts Center https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1728663448050-P3INZ58H1DAKJFN13ESL/IMG_3554.jpeg Blog - Atlanta Decorative Arts Center https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1728663441921-EFYJDY2NYAFE84WHMN2Z/IMG_3720.jpeg Blog - Atlanta Decorative Arts Center https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1728664891851-T01F6QUAZAFDITF08PN3/adac+teardrop+vase.jpg Blog - Atlanta Decorative Arts Center https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1728664850526-D6HXVMT3GSVA50DCRYMO/wicker+pagolas.jpg Blog - Atlanta Decorative Arts Center https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1728663444663-WADOFJLD7L39HXJ9Q4K4/IMG_3697.jpeg Blog - Atlanta Decorative Arts Center https://spatialtherapy.co/stories/studio-unseen monthly 0.5 2024-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/4d4dd513-a15f-4ac4-811c-896619b25545/kenniese-3%281%29.jpg Blog - STUDIO UNSEEN - Studio Unseen Building a studio practice outside studio walls At a certain point in an artist's career, a studio becomes a necessity. But for most, that’s not the starting point. Securing an art studio is the result of steady growth and the perfect blend of circumstances. I’ve been on a creative journey for over a decade, spending the last 2-3 years actively pursuing a career in the arts. I’ve participated in numerous gallery showings, secured art grants, gotten selected for a residency and been hired for commissions…yet I still don’t have a designated studio. From artist to curator to patron, the arts community tends to romanticize the studio. “I bet your studio is a magical, mystical place where the great unknown resides,” muses the art enthusiast, while the portrait painter swears “xyz will finally happen for me when I get my studio.” Earlier this year at Swan Coach House, I met TK Smith, a curator who was intrigued by the idea of my banana leaf art. “Next time I’m in town I’d love to visit your studio,” he said enthusiastically. I furrowed my brow, surprised and admittedly confused. My mouth opened to speak, but instead of the “art bae” dialect I’d mastered in recent years, out came stammers. “Uhhhhh, wellllll…..?” At the time of our meeting, my studio (aka my mother’s dining room) was sealed up in plastic due to a recent unearthing of asbestos. Even if we hadn’t temporarily relocated while the house was repaired, my energy had been mostly shot since learning I was pregnant months before (yes! I’m a mother now more on that later). No new work was in the pipeline. “Uhhhhh yeah…….yeah we can…we can definitely do that.” I tried to clean up my response, but by then, it was painfully obvious that TK’s suggestion made me uncomfortable. He patiently let me slop through my answer before leaning in and saying gently, “Your studio is wherever you’re at.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/5688ce83-facb-487d-be1b-c3af996ad0c9/baby+with+banana+leaves.jpg Blog - STUDIO UNSEEN What is an art studio? An art studio houses the tools of an artist's specific skill set. It’s the place the artist comes to execute a vision, to refine techniques, to muse. It’s the place that houses this tender, quiet love that binds the artist and their art together. It’s also the place that proves to curators and potential collectors that the artist is serious about their craft and that investing in them is a worthwhile venture. What then, is a studio practice? A studio practice encompasses the ever-evolving relationship the artist has with the tools, materials and muses they work with. A practice is the intangible dialogue that exists between the artist and their process, as well as the nonphysical space between each step in a procedure. Without that nonphysical space, the studio is lifeless. The studio is the body; the practice is the breath. The artist who, whether by choice or out of necessity, finds a way to develop a studio practice outside of a physical studio, comes to understand which parts of their practice are informed by their environment, and which are the unyielding, personal creative laws that define who they are as an artist. This type of artist does not need highly specific conditions in order to create, but rather is free to travel, explore and make works in real time that blend their changing environments with their personal creative laws. The following reflections detail a few notable environments I’ve occupied over the past 12 years and the impact they’ve had on the emergence of my creative practice. These spaces were my unconventional studios, be it for just one day at Alligator Point in Florida or for 5 years in a New Orleans shotgun home. My studio practice emerged as I got intimate with the lands my heart led me to. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/89ef776e-99df-40d1-bafc-b910e83657a1/santa+rosa+beach+florida.jpg Blog - STUDIO UNSEEN As summer settled in, the university city became a sleepy little town and the icy truth of my solo cross-country move became more pronounced. I was as lonely as I’d ever been; only now that loneliness was intensified, without the familiar childhood backdrop of misty blue Rocky Mountains. I started seeking out places that mimicked how I felt inside. Me and the Rolla, a gift from my grandparents, rode up and down Florida’s Forgotten Coast Highway, stopping through tiny beach towns and coastal forests, playing one of the loneliest albums to ever exist: King Krule’s 6 Feet Beneath the Moon. Gloomy days were ideal because just after a rain shower, the likelihood of seeing other people significantly decreased. Gray skies made the sea look murkier; the pastel paint on the raised beach cottages more muted. A romance blossomed between me and dreary emptiness. The ghost crab-infested waters of Mexico Beach became my studio, as did Highway 98, as did Wacissa River, as did the Rolla. I wrote songs and poetry; I took photos on a camera I thrifted; I read books I stole from my college library and befriended butterflies. I shed what I thought I knew about myself, my hometown, my future. The ocean caught what I dropped and washed it away, making room for a new sense of place to emerge. My inner space was collapsing and burgeoning at once. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1713482554697-IE56FJSDVT518U4Y9P9Q/IMG_3834.jpg Blog - STUDIO UNSEEN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1713482584324-JJQKXW9YFK41OL46ONMQ/dde93054-5ff3-4875-8265-9b493fd73772+2.jpg Blog - STUDIO UNSEEN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1713482649654-YRRXSJEMHT4QDXKVUUK0/IMG_20200223_131443_Original.jpg Blog - STUDIO UNSEEN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1713501192632-VCPFLH0VYCKT7QZLKYNN/IMG_20200821_113756_Original.jpg Blog - STUDIO UNSEEN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/69305881-9117-4b07-a097-87708384c6ae/VideoCapture_20190417-220554.jpg Blog - STUDIO UNSEEN - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/661aedb4-5bad-4640-b93e-68a5cd20d596/IMG_1350.JPG Blog - STUDIO UNSEEN - Inheritance Despite the infinitely open skies of my home state, she purposefully closed her walls in on me, intending that I dream outside her box. Florida’s forgotten coast underscored my draw toward contemplating empty space, abandoned furniture and dead leaves. Louisiana was big sis, teasing me for being so timid and afraid, and simultaneously using her landscape to show me how lush and lively my life is meant to be. New Orleans gifted me the wisdom of soil, seed and self-worth, which if tended with care, can only yield exponential abundance. Deep in Georgia, my grandfather’s birthplace, my inheritance sleepily awaited my arrival. I couldn’t cash in on the promise of my riches until I’d surpassed a certain threshold in my discipline and maturity. My mother’s lake house in Georgia is where my 12-year creative journey culminated in a studio practice that grew into the portfolio that secured me an arts residency. I spent two weeks at A Studio In the Woods in New Orleans [read the full recap]. I had the Zig Zag studio (the best one on the 7- acre property, in my opinion, named for the shifting lines in its construction). My beloved leaves draped the walls and spread across the floor. Sandalwood incense blended warmly with the citrusy aroma of the tung oil I accidentally spilled days after I arrived. In the afternoons I played Soulection mixes, and at night, Tame Impala’s Slow Rush B-sides & Remixes. I spent the mornings outside, picking persimmons, cutting flowers, meditating with the trees. I asked the ex-tribal land [turned plantation turned creative retreat], “What do you need to feel vindicated? How can balance be brought back to this space?” The answers were dense, but suffice it to say, “land acknowledgment” is not enough. These conversations inform the silhouettes and the textures and the gestures in my work, notably the piece I made in the Zig Zag Studio. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1713493301498-69TV3KW8HX5V2ND4L3QC/IMG_1628.JPG Blog - STUDIO UNSEEN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1713493317504-07UPRHXMMP67P66ZO3AA/IMG_1708.jpg Blog - STUDIO UNSEEN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1713493474677-2HI3V59IX21YAF7BKFBU/IMG_1503.JPG Blog - STUDIO UNSEEN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1713493338085-S1YAGLT4KFOYMFC3IGC8/IMG_1660.JPG Blog - STUDIO UNSEEN https://spatialtherapy.co/stories/gardenofeden monthly 0.5 2023-08-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/4496bb4d-bef5-4eea-ad9c-52d2c93a1cc6/garden+of+eden+6.JPG Blog - Garden of Eden Garden of Eden A brief recap of Spatial Therapy’s Spring ‘23 set design project, a fashion exhibition by Brittany Sade Guerin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1686072022902-B9GTQRXOHZC2VFG7JCZR/classicu2023-04-09002103.519.JPG Blog - Garden of Eden Model Marlon Fisher https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1686072023428-T48A8S5WL1SJXVTKQIN3/classicu2023-04-09000201.020.JPG Blog - Garden of Eden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1686072024828-WNQ1PS4TES5BII0B4AJO/classicu2023-04-08232106.509.JPG Blog - Garden of Eden Marion Maynor’s 07 FALL OF MAN collection for Black Borders and Herbin Co. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1686072027368-5SOWE5BUWNG3GD33V1M7/classicu2023-04-09010924.665.JPG Blog - Garden of Eden Model Cleopatra https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1686072029355-VPL2GZNQ7WZ27N9KKUQL/classicu2023-04-08232055.376.JPG Blog - Garden of Eden Marion Maynor’s 07 FALL OF MAN collection for Black Borders and Herbin Co. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1686072194250-461HA0GPFR6KAAPV1IJY/garden+of+eden+10.JPG Blog - Garden of Eden Kenniese S. Franklin, artist - designer and Zoe Antona, artist https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1686072029865-L28T0UQLJYKO4PADQUAF/garden+of+eden+15.JPG Blog - Garden of Eden - Brittany Sade Guerin is a force. Since I met her in November 2022, Brittany’s been walking the path of motherhood, healing herself with song, curating shows, looking grief in the face, facilitating high ticket art sales, making her own art and considering the denouncement of her social assets. One thing about Brittany…..she’s willing to experiment. She’s open about the fact that she’s trying new things and critiquing herself and surprising herself and succeeding; all while lifting up droves of creators in the process. The Garden of Eden fashion exhibition is yet another one of Brittany’s experiments gone right. She brought together three fashion designers and a jewelry designer to present their textile-interpretations of a garden paradise. Brittany set out to remind people that the Earth is itself a Garden of Eden, accessible and abundant as ever. My design studio, Spatial Therapy, was asked to help build the set. Despite having worked four months straight and stumbling with exhaustion, I couldn’t bring myself to turn down the garden paradise . I pulled up to Atlanta Contemporary with Spanish moss spilling out my windows. My backseat was stuffed with various greenery collected on a recent road trip and accoutrements from my personal stash. “You would drive around with a car full of plants,” somebody joked. And would. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/090c3d14-7a1b-4a87-81e4-a85c2bf9b885/spatial+therapy+fashion+show+set+design Blog - Garden of Eden The invite-only event was originally set in Atlanta Contemporary’s pavilion. But because the day was cold and wet, we ended up indoors in a gallery setting. At the last minute, certain aspects of the show had to be reworked to fit the raw white walls of our new back drop. After unloading bags of fresh magnolia leaves and vines of jasmine, I had to orient myself among the team consisting of curator, producer, designers, models, photographers, assistants, etc. My job isn’t straight forward. I was there as set designer but not quite art director. I had to find the sliver of space I fit inside for the night, which meant taking direction from the curator, delegating tasks to assistants, giving and receiving real-time critique and calculating the logistics of my impending outfit change - all while severely sleep deprived. Five small platform stages, built by Johnathan Crawford, the event producer, laid the foundation for the set. My leaves and little things did the rest. While we prepped, Eye Am November captured BTS magic. Bomb Jahlaam got us loose with the tunes. Mercury Roze situated the charcuterie. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1686163966681-CI349X6U87Y5VD0S3210/classicu2023-04-09010326.726.JPG Blog - Garden of Eden Kieta Rose, artist - designer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1686163966653-4G86FC0IMO17QSYQPT1J/classicu2023-04-08232355.865.JPG Blog - Garden of Eden Marion Maynor of Black Borders https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1686163967905-FSN7I50BJUH1Z7JB1AKS/classicu2023-04-09000337.611.JPG Blog - Garden of Eden Tanaya McCullough aka Naya Macc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1686165183083-P9DNBLRKIAXR8JN278GX/classicu2023-04-09021321.911.JPG Blog - Garden of Eden Artist/designer Kieta Rose and one of her models, Alexandre Roseman. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/69876214-a16d-46e0-ae77-4607e728ad17/classicu2023-04-08232044.122.JPG Blog - Garden of Eden - Designers The exhibition kicked off with Tanaya McCullough’s collection - five looks that I’d describe as sensual and airy. Deep cuts, high slits and sheer fabric established intimacy between the models and spectators. The following presenter was Marion Maynor. Six looks from her 07 FALL OF MAN collection embraced a “soft floral palette of lavender, lilac, and eucalyptus.” Models were adorned with fresh flowers and herbs. Three tenets of Marion’s designs are “structure, color and balance.” See more of her work here. Lastly, Kieta Rose presented six denim&lace looks. Kieta combined the structure of denim with the delicacy of lace to create functional, comfortable looks for men and women that can be dressed up or down. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/8b2bfed8-f62f-4c2c-a0b8-72456d41a455/garden+of+eden+1.JPG Blog - Garden of Eden I was unexpectedly called to the stage by Brittany, who wanted to acknowledge all who helped bring the show to life. I played bashful, but truth be told, I love to be acknowledged and I love to be on stage. Plus my fit deserved her moment. The show was beautiful and it’s an honor to have participated. I met new people. I flirted. I drank wine and had the obligatory heartfelt women’s room talks. I danced at the after party and drank more wine. I finally went home and collapsed. When I accepted the invitation to help build the set for Garden of Eden, I knew it was the absolute last project I could take on before scheduling a strict period of rest. My break is just about over and I’m relieved to say it did what it was intended to do. I feel refreshed and much less stressed. Shout out to everyone who participated in the Garden of Eden fashion exhibition and all who came out to support the one-night special. Additional credits below. Credits Curator: Brittany Sade Guerin Producer: Johnathan Crawford Fashion Designers: Marion Maynor, Tanaya McCullough, Kieta Rose Jewelry Designer: Simone Taylor Set Designer: Kenniese S. Franklin of Spatial Therapy Models: Cleopatra, Cha Cha, Alexzander Roseman, Kaylah Haglar, Maisha, Marlon Fisher, Schuy Music: Bomb Jahlaam Catering: Mercury Roze Photography: Eye Am November, Johnathan Crawford Assistants: Kayla Jenae, Judah, Isiah McCalla Location: Atlanta Contemporary Art https://spatialtherapy.co/stories/a-womans-worth monthly 0.5 2023-03-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/60148d40-d1f4-4db4-82df-bfa443226220/classicu2023-03-06230638.599.JPG Blog - A Woman’s Worth - A Woman’s Worth: A Group Exhibition Photo gallery of the group exhibition curated by Sakari Sanders at Koncept House in Castleberry Hill, Atlanta. Photos by @eyeamnovember March 5th, 2023 - March 31st, 2023 Featured artists: Zoe Antona Erica Whyte Poetry Jackson Sartorial Splendor Sway Jones Eanaj Shanniel Clark Petie Parker Kaylah Hagler Vanna Black Andrew Blooms Kenniese S. Franklin Lanous Wright II Jayme Rosser Rovelle Williams Cindy Taylor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1678673998238-9ME750XP7JV8E1G5IMGG/classicu2023-03-06230551.575.jpg Blog - A Woman’s Worth - Curator Sakari Sanders in her candle-making studio, Le Creme, inside Koncept House. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1678680872419-VYMN1ZYATEBEWBL20R31/classicu2023-03-06231012.620.JPG Blog - A Woman’s Worth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1678673999889-8C942FBIUNUEOZJPY5XU/classicu2023-03-06230604.766.JPG Blog - A Woman’s Worth - Curator Plushette Ellis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1678673998234-R0C224B36QX7T73R5TUH/classicu2023-03-06230741.843.JPG Blog - A Woman’s Worth - Artist Andrew Blooms https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1678674000084-ENEKTESMTQNFIXHE8QN4/classicu2023-03-06230638.599.JPG Blog - A Woman’s Worth - Artists Kenniese S. 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Franklin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1678679568695-JMODK626N06XLKVN7Z03/classicu2023-03-06230903.526.JPG Blog - A Woman’s Worth - DJ Genesis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1678679866589-XNPJZ6HTLTNQTB7TYPM9/classicu2023-03-06230923.227.jpg Blog - A Woman’s Worth - Plushette Ellis & Sakari Sanders https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1678679570019-3SZ8ED1UFPR5MB4YMB88/classicu2023-03-06230642.482.JPG Blog - A Woman’s Worth - Artist/designer Kieta Rose https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1678679865257-J3NRIZ1YNROZVGIVUKYP/classicu2023-03-06230623.897.jpg Blog - A Woman’s Worth - Artist Shanniel Clarke https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1678680137763-A33PJTY1Y89H56P23FP0/classicu2023-03-07014629.498.jpg Blog - A Woman’s Worth - Petie Parker & Sakari Sanders https://spatialtherapy.co/stories/rebirthexhibition monthly 0.5 2023-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/33d884f0-1e25-493f-8fbd-9e6556e1986e/IMG_3424.jpg Blog - Rebirth Exhibition - Rebirth Exhibition Curated by Brittany Sade Guerin The Rebirth Exhibition was a winter solstice ceremony exploring life, death, femininity and spirituality. The women-led show displayed at The Hidden Gallery in Atlanta and featured close to 20 woman artists, myself included. Though our works vastly varied - different mediums, different moods, different intentions - Brittany curated the show so that each piece flowed effortlessly into the next. We were brought together to tell a story and that we did. The exhibition ran from 12/9/22-1/11/23 and consisted of artist talks, a documentary screening, an artist market, sound healing, a donor mixer, yoga sessions and more. See images below. Also be on the lookout for more of my work at the upcoming City of Ink Anniversary Show, “Back To Life.” Image Credit: Chris Dalcoe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1675801496402-40N0G88IXUVMPL4QW6LV/rebirth+three.jpg Blog - Rebirth Exhibition Back:Untitled by Kelly Taylor Mitchell Front: We Made It Through the Night by Kenniese S. Franklin Image credit: Chris Dalcoe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1675801497646-C9LPEE6T51SSTVQ2ISBA/rebirth+9.jpg Blog - Rebirth Exhibition Artist Lu Vasquez viewing paintings by Diana Lemons. Image credit: Chris Dalcoe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1675801498928-5178WSW5H0OBCEXJX15P/rebirth+six.jpg Blog - Rebirth Exhibition Private donor mixer featuring artists Kenniese S. Franklin, Zenya Sawela and Marion Maynor. Image credit: Chris Dalcoe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1675801655490-WZ908NJKVHPD7F85D3MA/rebirth+10.jpg Blog - Rebirth Exhibition Alter Altar by Zoe Antona https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1675801657655-1WCN46KQZ4PC9U8F9NUX/rebirth+11.JPG Blog - Rebirth Exhibition Motherland by Diana Lemons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1675919855246-CVWFSSQ3U669OEWQZA9Z/IMG_2367.JPG Blog - Rebirth Exhibition https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1675920452939-MDIK0WJRYLZAJ65IR82O/637B05DD-C171-4FCF-8593-938242A6E62D+2.JPEG Blog - Rebirth Exhibition https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1675801496628-4FPLDVUEOX3W9NZT2Q1X/rebirth+four.jpg Blog - Rebirth Exhibition Opening Reception https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/2895a96c-7c7e-4eab-942e-45443a6bbd18/rebirth+15.jpg Blog - Rebirth Exhibition - Artist Talk I sat with artists Kashia Adams, Erin Lett, Brittany Guerin and Adlia Halim to talk process and practice. I spoke on my relationship with the banana tree and how I got my start making water fountains. We also discussed confidence, self doubt, spiritual practice and more. Watch the replay here. How To Make It Count A few things artists should keep in mind for group exhibits: Be prepared to take photos of your work. There’s no guarantee that the gallery or venue will do this for you. Even if a photographer is present, your work won’t be their sole priority. If you can’t bring your own photographer, use your phone to take photos and be sure to edit them. Very simple edits to lighting and color can elevate an average-looking photo. Get behind the scenes documentation of your work being created, installed and uninstalled. Things happen fast when prepping for a show, so it can be easy to forget to document. It’s critical if you’re pursuing art as a career. Share what you document. People have greater appreciation for finished products when they feel like they were a part of the process. Send out personal invites. Reach out to people directly and tell them you’d love to have them at your event. A personal invite, whether it be a text, phone call, email or DM on Instagram, is more effective than posting an event flyer on social media and hoping people show up (especially if you have a small audience). Connect with the other artists. Often times, the most genuine support you’ll get on your journey is from other artists. We know the intensity of this path and the value of peer support. Stay in touch with the gallery. Whether you join their email list or attend future events, keep in touch with the gallery and its affiliates. The more you show your face, the more likely you’ll be at the front of their minds when opportunities relevant to you come up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1675706302448-1J3I1MENTOZLZL2RHH0E/Kenniese+S.+Franklin+Passage.JPEG Blog - Rebirth Exhibition Passage (2022). Kenniese S. Franklin Banana leaf on wood https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1675706303960-FYUGVQPS6WR7R5IRYHQ8/Kennies+S+Franklin+through+the+night.JPEG Blog - Rebirth Exhibition We Made It Through the Night (2022). Kenniese S. Franklin Plaster, red clay, copper, acrylic, beach stone, clear quartz https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1675706343092-PSQRR2AUVXGNLIXSS8S5/Kenniese+S.+Franklin+The+Mothers.jpg Blog - Rebirth Exhibition Today I Met the Mothers (2022) Kenniese S. Franklin Banana leaf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1675706342991-1NKTP9CZF1IVF53ZKLO6/Kenniese+S.+Franklin+In+An+Instant.JPEG Blog - Rebirth Exhibition In An Instant (2022) Kenniese S. Franklin Banana leaf https://spatialtherapy.co/stories/asitw monthly 0.5 2023-06-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/dc6e59cc-5035-4e5b-935b-c52d76c29c99/IMG_1440.jpg Blog - A Studio In the Woods - Artist Residency On Halloween Night 2021, I dreamt that I was overlooking acres of farm land where people were harvesting crops. When I woke up, I knew the land was mine and that I was entering my personal harvest season. The following morning I had the impulse to search for “grants for interior design professionals.” That spontaneous Google search led me on a months-long journey of submitting my work to various opportunities, cultivating in a paid, 2-week stay at A Studio In The Woods in New Orleans, LA. The Replenish Residency included an artist stipend, grocery reimbursement, private living space, private working space, excursion credit and a photography session. This is a recap of my stay. Contents Timeline History Things I Was Pleasantly Surprised By Things I Didn’t See Coming About the Other Artists Preparing For An Artist Residency Photo Gallery Timeline Application Submitted: 3/20/22 Application Deadline: 3/30/22 Acceptance: 6/8/22 Schedule Finalized: 7/20/22 Orientation: 8/18/22 Residency Start Date: 9/19/22 Residency End Date: 10/2/22 History A Studio In The Woods is an arts and science organization located on 7 acres of forested land on the westbank of New Orleans, LA. The property consists of 5 buildings all a short walk from one another. Up until 1682, when the land was seized by the French, it was inhabited and stewarded by people of the Washa and Chiwasha tribes, among others. It would eventually become the Delacroix Plantation where African and Afro-Indigenous people were enslaved. The plantation was first used for indigo and later, sugar cane. After Emancipation, the land lived many more lives, including one as a moonshine distillery, and was eventually purchased in 1969 by the current owners, the Carmichael’s. The land has since been used for forest research, community engagement and the empowerment of artists and scholars. So my first artist residency was on tribal land that once functioned as a plantation. This all comes at a time where I’m in deep conversation with my own ancestors and spirit guides, who ensure I’m always in position to receive the info they’re transmitting. The collaboration between myself and my guides is generations old - seeds that were planted lifetimes ago have sprouted and are growing rapidly. So while on paper this residency was two weeks long, it was the culmination and continuation of lifetimes of work. This recap is my attempt to sort through and organize the feelings that came up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1668628260692-W17JIHJIZRX2B3CCZAXT/IMG_1462.JPG Blog - A Studio In the Woods Pleasant Surprises The amount of space and privacy my work studio provided. I was assigned the Zig Zag Studio, a small enclosed building around 200 square feet with a spacious porch, a swing, large windows and layers of studio lighting. The building had two lockable entrances and overlooked a pond where I could turtle watch. Right away I fell in love with the space. The time I spent in there felt intimate and impactful. I’ll use that experience as a reference point as I visualize a more permanent work studio. The size of my bedroom, bathroom and private balcony. The main house has two bedrooms - one upstairs, one downstairs. I had the upstairs bedroom which was furnished with a dresser, night stand, queen bed, large desk, display table, two chairs and a private balcony facing west. The bathroom and closet were hidden behind a door that blended in with the wall. I loved going back there because it felt like a secret hideout. The walk-in closet had plenty of storage as did the bathroom. The fruit trees. I spotted a giant grapefruit tree, a baby lemon tree, a few different lime trees and most surprisingly, a persimmons tree. Persimmons came into my life and charmed me a few years ago, so getting to see them grow was a treat. I picked my share of limes and persimmons, using the limes for smoothies and the persimmons as bagel toppings. The grapefruit weren’t mature enough to be picked. The book collection. View some of my favorite picks in the gallery below. The Founder’s Studio and all of its tools and supplies. Artists are encouraged to bring their own supplies, but are permitted to use what they need from the Founder’s Studio. I spent a couple evenings hypnotized by the workshop, handpicking what I needed for my practice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1668631280068-9GGCCLGIZHZYSN8BRMN0/IMG_3296.jpg Blog - A Studio In the Woods Pleasant Suprises My ability to curate a routine that created momentum and prioritized my body’s needs. Each day I woke up, cleansed, meditated, moved my body and made breakfast. I started the work day between 10 and 11am and worked for 5-7 hours. I took short breaks throughout to use the bathroom, get a snack, refill my drink, have a conversation, etc. Around 5pm, I’d take a longer break to prepare and eat dinner. By this time, the staff had left for the day so the property was still. After dinner, I’d make my way back to the studio (around 7pm) and work another 2-3 hours before heading to my room to relax before bed. The staff’s eagerness to support artists with resources specific to their needs. Staff members were happy to make their network available to artists during and after their stay. They were prompt with payment and immediately followed through with special requests. One night they hosted a dinner where artists, art enthusiasts, collectors and community members gathered to celebrate and support Rising Resident, Hye Sea (read more about her work below). She had the opportunity to petition the dinner attendees for info about woodworkers, storytellers and more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1668631215629-I4XEHP1QCR68KKRRHJIL/IMG_1374.JPG Blog - A Studio In the Woods Things I Didn’t See Coming The adjustment period. I assumed I’d get straight to work when I got to the Woods. I didn’t account for the days I’d need to calibrate myself to the space. When you’re introduced to a new space, you’re introduced to everyone and everything that’s been in it. Considering the history of the land, plus my own stories that color the way I see the world, it took a couple days to adjust to this unfamiliar landscape. The intimacy of the living space. Artists and staff share the kitchen. While artists are technically at home, staff members are on the clock at work. This created a weird dynamic for me because I don’t wanna have small talk when I’m home…or ever for that matter. After the first week, the initial awkwardness wore off a bit and conversations felt more fluid. Staff kept normal business hours, so by 5pm they were headed out and weekends were quiet. The close living quarters did enhance artist-to-artist interactions. The intimacy of the space allowed us to establish deep connections fairly quickly. The land’s histories of slavery and violence are less than 350 years old - recent occurrences in the context of its 5000-year history. The full-disclosure of these stories by the organization is even more recent. So really, all of this just happened. It’s still fresh. I picked up on an uneasiness akin to the energy you feel after walking into a room where an argument or fight took place. It was dense and I was disoriented by it. Not until weeks after the residency ended was I able to comprehend that the land is much older than its slave stories. It’s not solely identified by what happened after 1682. But because the violent histories are the most recent, they’re the loudest, and they tend to suffocate the land’s true depth of beauty. The necessary healing of these histories is two fold. Enough time has to pass for the density to dissipate and it has to be intentionally processed. When artists gather on the land, bring their gifts, talk amongst one another and help tell the stories of those who live(d) there, it helps air out the space. Still, spirit calls for restitution. A disagreement. I got into a fight with one of my favorite people and it threw me off. I was up late crying and woke up drowsy with puffy eyes, then had to smile in the faces of staff members while I made my smoothie. Then had to keep working. The noise across the street. There was a nearby factory of some sort that buzzed through the night and day. An interesting juxtaposition, sounds of the forest underscored by industrial din. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/5e2f9bda-5724-4f97-a065-d44aebb90c66/shortfin_pompano.jpg Blog - A Studio In the Woods About the Other Artists Nia Decoux is a writer and educator from a small town called Arnaudville, LA. During the week we spent together, Nia was working on her project Revolutionary Rest, which teaches adults and teens to navigate the dream world to receive ancestral guidance. As a fellow writer who keeps a dream journal and interprets my dreams to gain clarity in life, I was naturally drawn to Nia’s work. Nia and I were experiencing something extremely new for the first time together and found other parallels in our conversations about relationships, childhood, spirituality, dreaming and the creative journey. We shared a mutual tension with the short-term nature of our stay. We both tugged at the desire to be profoundly productive and the desire to practice the self-preservation we believe in (i.e. resting, reducing stress, etc). Brandon Ballengee is a two-year resident working on a project called Searching For Ghosts of The Gulf. The project brings community members together to investigate species that have gone missing from the Gulf due to over-fishing, oil spills and climate/habitat changes. Brandon’s CV is extensive, dating back to the early 2000s and swaying between science and the arts. He happens to be connected to the same small town Nia is from, where he hosts an annual Halloween Art & Nature Festival via his own Atelier de la Nature. Pictured: RIP Florida Pompano by Brandon Ballengee. 2014. Giclée print on handmade Japanese rice paper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/a7526329-34ee-4e01-b368-17c6c93fade3/IMG_1350+3.JPG Blog - A Studio In the Woods About the Other Artists Hye Sea uses the sun and a magnifying glass to engrave detailed portraits into wood. Flying in from Maryland, she arrived during the second week of my stay and brought all the vibes with her: good music, good scents, good questions, good laughs. Within a few days, she became one of my favorite people on the planet. We laughed like when had been friends for decades. Hye Sea and I confided in each other about the energy dynamics present on the land and what the land communicated to each of us. In a way, we got to compare notes on our experience. We also discussed travel, the creative journey, our visions/intentions, relationships, music, meditation, astrology, wine….the list goes on. ChE is a multi-disciplinary artist largely responsible for the ongoing land acknowledgement of A Studio In The Woods. They hosted an orientation session where the history of the land and our connection to these histories as people of color were ceremoniously recognized. During this time, artists of color had space to talk about our personal histories and how they landed us in the places we stand. We also got to address the elephant in the room: THIS USED TO BE A PLANTATION. MANY LIVES WERE DESTROYED ON THIS LAND. And we’re just supposed to live here like its nothing? The orientation session provided much needed context and support. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1668631316521-PR4SELSVZOWZ82D2B2ZL/IMG_2287F92B9AA5-1.jpeg Blog - A Studio In the Woods How I’ll Prep Next Time It’s important to gather information about the organization from various perspectives. The info I gathered before applying came from only one source: the organization itself - via their website, social media and Q&A session. Next time I’ll take a closer look at the organization’s affiliates, which media outlets give them press and how they represent themselves. It could also be beneficial to reach out to other artists who’ve participated in the program. It’s important that prior to arrival, you establish a personal relationship with at least one of the staff members or position-holders in the organization - especially if you’ll be living on site. I interacted with the staff on Zoom and exchanged numerous emails with the residency coordinator, but we could have benefited from getting on the phone. Phone conversations break the ice and allow people to get familiar with each other’s rhythm. The relationship may have warmed up by the time the residency started. Instead, I did the “cold arrival” which was kinda awkward. Erase expectations. I expected that I would leave this experience with two things: connections and more art for my portfolio. I got those things, but what I really walked away with is intangible. I got in-the-field exposure to the complexity of this path I’ve chosen to walk. I was shown the non-negotiable importance of keeping my stories safe and protected on this path, while still exercising freedom of expression. I was shown that to be in this world of art-making and making money off art, I need to move with a certain level of vigilance, conviction and deep reverence for my history. Any new experience requires an adjustment period. And every new experience is only as rich as the emotions that accompany it. When planning for a residency, it’s important to account for emotional fluctuations. You might have an off day. You might have a conversation that throws off your rhythm. You might have a moment - like I did - where you’re questioning whether you’re worthy of being in the space. If your schedule is packed with productivity, down to the minute - like mine often is - there’s no space to flow with what comes. Next time I hope to be less rigorous about my schedule and more open to the intangible enrichment of the experience. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1668628260692-W17JIHJIZRX2B3CCZAXT/IMG_1462.JPG Blog - A Studio In the Woods https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1668631217582-CSPH7BGLKT60MLY90FKV/IMG_1503.JPG Blog - A Studio In the Woods https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1668630931675-1X1K6D7PQEJ8TDR3L7JJ/IMG_1669.JPG Blog - A Studio In the Woods https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1668630924091-PQ4H9NLUBHTCEO6M881M/IMG_1600.JPG Blog - A Studio In the Woods https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1668631210636-AD23QDQREF4GXZFN18WM/IMG_1440.jpg Blog - A Studio In the Woods https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1668630928210-DBGHFAA76V7BI6Q907C7/IMG_1671.JPG Blog - A Studio In the Woods https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1668628258684-W755X9H1XCMH2ZBR972K/IMG_1424.jpg Blog - A Studio In the Woods https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1668628268716-MJLY5HLWAO3CVAR0MQP9/IMG_1447.JPG Blog - A Studio In the Woods https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1668628270523-L5SWY46LFV5CEXS56QS7/IMG_1380+2.JPG Blog - A Studio In the Woods https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1668630936658-7VU3Z6WCHB247B4HM9M9/IMG_1464.JPG Blog - A Studio In the Woods https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1668628260861-47TRR4TDBKRWIX5B0PZK/IMG_1708.jpg Blog - A Studio In the Woods https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1668630940030-HW7F0C8YDOU6VYVWXJQX/IMG_1628.JPG Blog - A Studio In the Woods https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1668628266417-0RL980LYFOXWIFF9571P/IMG_1376.JPG Blog - A Studio In the Woods https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1668631215629-I4XEHP1QCR68KKRRHJIL/IMG_1374.JPG Blog - A Studio In the Woods https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1668631211151-QWTU638AOCJKWP8KSJ9Y/IMG_1402+2.JPG Blog - A Studio In the Woods https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1668631214653-7CL5YDD0RB0NFE0N69AT/IMG_1379.JPG Blog - A Studio In the Woods https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1668630999455-CF37CN9VLWHIT41P1V35/IMG_1463.JPG Blog - A Studio In the Woods https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1668711310599-5A49RG9IXTWN6DEO2AV2/IMG_1392.JPG Blog - A Studio In the Woods https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1668631316521-PR4SELSVZOWZ82D2B2ZL/IMG_2287F92B9AA5-1.jpeg Blog - A Studio In the Woods https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1668631218322-NGKHWF9VFTDSBOCM13RF/ksf.wip%281%29.JPG Blog - A Studio In the Woods https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1668711258906-8LFWC5ORC8IIIUJ1AKUE/IMG_1368.jpg Blog - A Studio In the Woods https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1668631280068-9GGCCLGIZHZYSN8BRMN0/IMG_3296.jpg Blog - A Studio In the Woods https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1668711310808-LY4KWNOXORE4QHW7A5WU/IMG_1668.jpg Blog - A Studio In the Woods https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1669232676067-4KYI2K1T03MJRAP7HDV9/studio+24.jpg Blog - A Studio In the Woods https://spatialtherapy.co/stories/spatial-therapy-popup monthly 0.5 2022-11-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/603d4dff-90ca-4f28-af4f-0be24c0a3b6d/15AB00EA-8960-4330-854A-7B616ECFA99D.JPEG Blog - Spring Fest Pop Up - “I’m not a vendor and I don’t do popups.” As many times as I said it, I meant it. I genuinely meant it. So how did I end up with a vendor’s booth at a neighborhood festival this past weekend? I used to think fondly of street fairs. I remember going to the Taste of Colorado, the Black Arts Festival and Juneteeth in Denver. We travelled as a family to Illinois and attended the Taste of Chicago. We took a road trip to New Orleans and visited the French Market. I usually had my own money to spend; my grandparents paid us for good grades and I was babysitting as early as age 10. We walked the streets through rows of canopy tents and tables, our eyes scrolling from booth to booth, trinket to t-shirt to turkey neck. The parent-on-duty usually covered the food and my money went towards things like sunglasses and personalized fitted hats. Drippy. At some point, street fairs and art markets started wearing on me. The cost of carrying my aging body through swarms of people for hours on end was reason enough for me to start avoiding the vendors section at festivals. I was also catching on to the differences between quality crafts and clutter. Anybody can sell something, but not everybody makes art. Artists and quality craftsman are typically far outnumbered in those marketplace settings, which started to feel redundant to me, even lazy. I developed a taste for quality and found less crowded, more comfortable ways to obtain it (the internet). In my mid 20s, I got a job representing an artist in the art market environment. I learned just how much quiet time the job entails. I learned that of 1,000 people who pass by your booth, less than 10% engage. Of that 10%, 75% want to feed on your light, 20% care about the work and maybe 5% spend money. Maybe 5%. I had time to contemplate the analytics of the art market business model. I studied branding, marketing, consumer engagement, profit margins and demographics. I started considering the amount of time and energy exerted to load the car with art, commute to the event, unload at the event, set up the booth, engage with the people, break down the booth, load up the car again, drive home and unload….again. I didn’t like the math. Although the artist I represented was highly successful and making tons of money, I was paid hourly, so my takeaway, while more than fair, was far less. I decided that “I’m not a vendor and I don’t do popups.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/088257d1-e82a-41fb-9cf4-d746afa8251b/F1E061A9-95B6-4469-9D02-2410E7AB9F98.JPEG Blog - Spring Fest Pop Up - HOWSOEVER……….. In recent weeks, I’ve been forced into reconsidering the visions I have for my life and who I see myself to be. Some of the stories I’ve chosen to identify with are being challenged. Are they still relevant? Are they slowing me down? I find myself instinctively saying “no” to things because they don’t match the identity I chose for myself five years ago. I have to listen for how things land on my heart, not on my identity. Does it fit into the present moment even though it contradicts the stories I’ve been telling myself? such as “I’m not a vendor and don’t do pop ups”? On June 4th, I woke up to an invitation to set up a booth at a neighborhood festival. The booth was already paid for, I could use it however I wanted, and the festival was at a park within walking distance from where I’m living. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/2e7aa6e4-76ea-4ef4-966b-98476edc5ee1/FCBC33AA-95F9-4646-B124-64D6D5DA23FE+2.jpg Blog - Spring Fest Pop Up - “I’m not ready” Or am I? My instinct wanted to decline the invitation because I didn’t feel “ready.” But I quickly realized I had a room full of ready-to-sell home furnishings that I’ve accumulated over the past 9 months in preparation for the launch of my online shop. I have artwork that’s complete and ready to display. I had everything I needed to set up the best booth in the park. All I had to do was show up. I accepted the invitation and started the 2-day countdown to the festival. I decided which pieces I would bring and made a list of tasks I’d need to complete before the day of the fest. A few things on the list include: take inventory price all products print product labels design and print business cards make booth signage set up merchant accounts hair, nails and makeup - all which I do myself I worked late into the night, continuously reminding myself that this was a last minute opportunity and that things didn’t have to be perfect. I accomplished everything on the list because I was reasonable about how much time I had, how long certain tasks would take and my physical and mental capacities leading up to the festival. I drew a rough sketch of how I envisioned my booth layout so I wouldn’t have too much to think about on the fly. I packed my boxes and bags neatly so I’d know exactly where to locate each and every item I needed. I woke up on the day of the event with enough time for a brief meditation, some stretching and breakfast before I had to load the car and head to the park. Unloading was a mission. Setting up the booth was a mission. Maneuvering through the heat was a mission. But as soon as I had my materials laid out before me, I was ready to kill it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/dcf2cba4-6560-4ffb-9bac-2709a3c0fda4/IMG_9027.jpg Blog - Spring Fest Pop Up - Before I was halfway set up, people showed interest. I made my first sale to a 9-year-old boy who had $20 to spend. He chose a miniature ceramic pitcher and later came back asking for a refund but that’s a different story for a different time. Some people were drawn to my booth because they like home decor. Others just wanted to experience the world of Spatial Therapy, an energy I’ve been diligently refining for 4+ years. The safety of this energetic container allowed for shoppers to feel imaginative and explorative in my booth. I’m pleased to say I profited from this experience in more ways than monetarily: My artwork got to shine. My curation made an impression on people. I was deeply activated seeing the Spatial Therapy stamp on business cards, product labels, etc. I feel more flexibility coming through the ways I structure my business as artist and decor dealer. And of course, I put some money in my pocket. Check out the before and after photos below. Subscribe to my email list to get updates about the latest in Spatial Therapy news and upcoming events. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1654728280462-4C6P9U7213FAIJZ4DQ9N/IMG_9002.jpg Blog - Spring Fest Pop Up - Before https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1654728281168-BZIGZ4J3SGQRFM3TA91M/IMG_9031.jpg Blog - Spring Fest Pop Up - After https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/119d1f68-247a-40d4-86c3-8ee61e0e35f6/IMG_9012+3.JPG Blog - Spring Fest Pop Up - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/df6ea2c0-111c-4449-b72a-2ab4733ae60e/IMG_9017+2.jpg Blog - Spring Fest Pop Up - Thank you to all who showed love Subscribe to my email list for updates about what’s happening in the studio! https://spatialtherapy.co/stories/sir-satisfaction monthly 0.5 2023-02-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/d9cef471-2b2b-4707-ab4e-9fc0b098fa11/sir+satisfaction+7.jpg Blog - New Music Set Design - Sir - Satisfaction Sir’s new single is a fusion of my favorite things: good music, beautiful women and flawless set design. Below I’m sharing still shots from the official music video, which features a female director, production designer, and cinematographer. The production designer dreams up the world where the story takes place and dictates how the production crew will build this world. The director writes the treatment for the video and instructs the crew and actors in executing the vision. The cinematographer, also known as director of photography, hones the mood of the video with lighting, angles, etc. Shout out to Jude Liana, director Terry Watson, production designer Tehillah De Castro, director of photography These ladies delivered. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/20f1e295-6366-41ec-b39e-067e1f85ed34/70090918-7444-45DE-864E-745F4CAB23CE+2.jpg Blog - New Music Set Design - Commitment Issues The video tells the story of three women Sir's involved with. They seem to be interchangeable, one replacing the next on the couch with Sir. He may have real feelings for these women, but he certainly can’t give them what they need. Lack of commitment is a recurring theme in Sir’s music. As far back as Seven Sundays, released in 2015, he’s been adamant about letting women know he won’t be around forever. In “Falling,” he admits that he “should’ve never got involved. I don’t have a heart to break. She was unaware that this was never fair and love was never here.” Sir immediately sets a similar tone with this new release: ”Love me today, leave me tomorrow” following up shortly after with “This was never meant to be what it feels like.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1652469493269-JH2VOZ6RVAS2PZ297B6O/IMG_7951.jpg Blog - New Music Set Design https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1652469620497-E69CTCBPXUYB8LW5UEOI/IMG_7909.jpg Blog - New Music Set Design https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1652469370881-26BV1MV8XFGAJ58HEJAK/sir+satisfaction+4.jpg Blog - New Music Set Design https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1652485354804-1ALA32IWEKAGOOFGLREB/7E52603D-6F71-464C-B0E9-FA8207F5249C.JPEG Blog - New Music Set Design https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/84a067cb-b55d-4d81-89dd-145391f81de9/IMG_7935.jpg Blog - New Music Set Design - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/9f749c56-8922-459f-add4-1e4f3a9dccbf/sir+satisfaction+5.JPEG Blog - New Music Set Design https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/0551f001-d5e6-4744-a1b8-15015cadc19f/sir+satisfaction+3.jpg Blog - New Music Set Design https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/ac20a8ef-20d4-4f40-8c5b-26a4eab44502/sir+satisfaction+6.jpg Blog - New Music Set Design - This scene appears to be shot after dark and lit from the outside. A garden in bloom lies on the other side of the white sheers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/303afb91-b5de-42ae-9a5e-36f4e344e16e/sir+satisfaction+sheers.JPEG Blog - New Music Set Design - '“I wish I could stay in your arms.” This scene appears to be shot after dark and lit from the outside. A garden in bloom lies on the other side of the white sheers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/abb52bec-a2a0-439c-87d1-cc4470ec0159/sir+satisfaction+hallway.jpg Blog - New Music Set Design - The Hallway There’s something haunting about this corridor. It’s draped with red curtains that puddle on the ground, glowing with orange light coming from the kitchen. The camera trails behind Sir until he ‘s met by a woman telling him to GTFO….. Which begs the question, whose house is it anyway? The only constant in the space is Sir, so we might assume it belongs to him. If so, he’s not the first or the last man to be kicked out his own damn house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/ef164c34-6ef6-4be9-8e37-42666214ddf7/sir+satisfaction+kitchen.jpg Blog - New Music Set Design - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/147b8fb3-1d6d-404b-8d93-5b90d660d2ea/27F1260E-B75E-43B4-9E3A-52D0B12FE35C.JPEG Blog - New Music Set Design - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/7a068763-e2b4-4118-8d1b-f0527ff66c75/sir+satisfaction+living+room+3.jpg Blog - New Music Set Design - The Living Room Sir is clearly troubled in the living room scene. He’s hardly present with his women while they shower him in affection. Is it guilt we see in his face? Regret? Heartbreak? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1652729821321-LR94A0PIKW2EPYTFJ63L/sir+satisfaction+living+room+2.jpg Blog - New Music Set Design - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1652729821842-W1DFOTA1VWTKGG5PZOT5/sir+satisfaction+living+room+1.jpg Blog - New Music Set Design - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://spatialtherapy.co/stories/a-night-at-the-ritz monthly 0.5 2023-01-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/b79c7fdc-695f-4f81-a8e2-8ee72d2bbbf5/IMG_7536.JPG Blog - Night At the Ritz - Ritz Carlton New Orleans Photo Journal A weekend of hotel luxury in Nola. Part One. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1652322533809-QATWHUOBX6YLTOC83K0E/IMG_7531.jpg Blog - Night At the Ritz - Arrival The lobby of New Orleans’ Ritz Carlton was quiet when I checked in on a Friday afternoon in April. First order of business was to settle into the room, which welcomed me with courtyard views and black marble bathroom floors. The room was calming and quaint, accented by jewel tones, ornate patterns and abstract prints. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1652322508070-3SONH7GY6A9RXRNAW0GV/IMG_7477.jpg Blog - Night At the Ritz - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1652322367367-HJI9A55MIZJ1B3TGDMC8/IMG_7485.jpg Blog - Night At the Ritz - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/ac7d5e0d-1d8c-440d-b01c-b165c88b7ed5/roomview+ritz+carlton+new+orleans.jpg Blog - Night At the Ritz - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/29d23012-8161-4a8d-9b9c-e498d400c37e/336C9E12-97BC-47CE-9122-CA4267A6C615.jpg Blog - Night At the Ritz https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/f4c597ad-7e0e-4be6-89da-a54ba7537f8a/IMG_8822.jpg Blog - Night At the Ritz - Courtyard Second order of business…Wine, of course. My companion and I made our way to the courtyard which features stone-sculpted flamingos perched inside a water fountain. We caught up over Malbec and balsalmic glazed flatbread. Right off the courtyard is the indoor Davenport Lounge where a live band played for a spirited crowd. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/eb50fb5c-3c6f-4be2-b069-19125b508e85/ritz+gondola.jpg Blog - Night At the Ritz - Make it stand out https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/dca44e54-60a0-4ef1-ac92-53f772d9d829/IMG_7508.jpg Blog - Night At the Ritz After finishing our wine, we explored the rest of the hotel, happening upon ballrooms, a workout gym and another elaborate water fountain. Stepping out through a random hotel exit, we found ourselves in the French Quarter. We wandered for a few and returned to the room with ice cream, a bottle of red and two orders of butternut squash soup from the bar downstairs. We enjoyed our snacks while streaming Coachella performances and Desus & Mero. The next morning I sat in courtyard sunshine, worked on the computer and enjoyed pastries from the breakfast buffet before checking out and heading to a family function. I later checked into my second hotel of the weekend and soon will be sharing photos from that stay in Part 2 of this series. Wait till you see the way I indulged! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/b181e67e-d8eb-49b6-acc9-4e6d0be9b3a6/IMG_7523.jpg Blog - Night At the Ritz - Views from the couryard featuring my Arbonne arsenal. [Thanks oh_a_g ] https://spatialtherapy.co/stories/diy-green-wall monthly 0.5 2022-11-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/aca44183-2223-47bb-8734-a47a174a22b3/A29E4471-FE97-4D07-A75C-BFC5C7EDAF4C.jpeg Blog - Diy Green Wall - DIY Green Wall by Kenniese S. Franklin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/d41dbd16-d0cb-4390-b558-5ab50db5b582/japanese+maple+limbs.JPG Blog - Diy Green Wall - While running errands last week, I noticed a man tossing Japanese Maple limbs to the curb. I’ve been mesmerized by these delicate, scarlet leaflets and their subtle sway all spring, so my instinct was to pull over and take a few cuttings. A few turned into the whole backseat. I got cuttings ranging from 10 inches to 5 feet. I figured the smaller cuttings were perfect for planting and decided to build a green wall with the large ones. I foraged foliage for the rest of the afternoon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/f842bcc9-6156-4bac-a22e-893684dab599/8594DA3A-E656-47EE-91E0-FD0FE1BD125D.jpeg Blog - Diy Green Wall - It’s been a year since my last green wall. I forgot how tedious the process is. How naive of me to think this impromptu project would take two hours. After half a day of meticulous finger work, I still hadn’t finished. But since this was a Mother’s Day surprise, I had to make it look somewhat complete before the mother arrived. I draped the remaining greenery around the entry way and speckled it with vases, candle holders, potted plants and whatever else I could find around the house. The greenwall blossomed into an entryway altar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/a86edd75-9e18-4d41-8307-181e98d4027d/entryway+altar.JPEG Blog - Diy Green Wall - I steeply underestimated the amount of energy I’d have to expend to complete it and truthfully I never finished. I intended to complete it, but other things are requiring my attention at this time (more on this soon). And yet, even in its unfinished state, the green wall brought life to the entry way a smile to my mother’s face. Watch me in action below. https://spatialtherapy.co/stories/women-of-color-in-production-design monthly 0.5 2023-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/b0ccde2f-a412-4290-8379-2cd4b094d21f/quinn+joseph+fitting+room.jpg Blog - Women of Color In Production Design - Harlem Presented by Amazon Prime https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1652329351143-NKRAH7TN6K5CDRNGF3QS/harlem+luelles+restaurant.jpg Blog - Women of Color In Production Design - In early December, Amazon Prime released their new series Harlem, created by Tracy Oliver. This is not a review. It simply celebrates the aesthetic mastery acheived by Harlem’s production crew. The show follows four friends living and working (or not working) in Harlem. Megan Good stars alongside Grace Byers, Jerrie Johnson and Shoniqua Shandai. How refreshing it always is to see black women on screen displaying with care our complexities and versatility. There’s an atmosphere about the show that just feels alive - especially during interior scenes. Primary landing places for the girls include their apartments, Quinn Joseph’s boutique and their go-to restaurant, Luelle’s. Strung together like pearls on necklace, each set flows into the next with harmony, yet still maintains its individuality. The color story feels like jewels: emerald, turquoise, ruby, gold. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/ba52411d-6450-40c8-bc9a-979b86a2d02e/harlem+megan+good+apt.jpg Blog - Women of Color In Production Design - Javiera Varas: the genius behind Harlem’s poetic production design. That’s why you should read the credits. When a new project is released, there’s typically only a few names taking public credit. If it’s not the actors, it’s the director. If not the director, then the celebrity producer. But when you watch the credits to the end, you see that a production crew consists of hundreds, all of which are necessary to see the project through. Javiera Varas is the LatinX production designer responsible for First Wives Club, Netflix’s ROXANNE ROXANNE and most recently Amazon Prime’s new TV show Harlem. She also has art director credits on a variety of feature films including Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. On this project, Javiera worked with set decorator Kara Zeigon and costume designer Deirdra Govan. Production designers first help the director dream up the world where a story will take place and then establish and manage an art department that materializes this world into a set. The production designer gives the story a place to land. The art department consists of set decorators, art directors, costume designers, buyers, prop masters and more. Successfully directing a team of this size on projects of high caliber is no easy feat. When someone pulls it off with grace and mastery, it should be celebrated — especially when it’s a woman of color. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/4161ff79-4435-446c-b344-17577063673e/luelles+restaurant+harlem.jpg Blog - Women of Color In Production Design - Depicting real-life places is tricky in a world where gentrification has transformed the landscapes of our childhoods. Many of us don’t recognize our home towns but can easily point out the buildings and businesses that have been around for generations and play vital roles in the movement of the community. A non New York native like myself can only hope Harlem’s depiction of the city was received well by those who call NYC home. Shout out to Javiera Varas (production design), Kara Zeigon (set decorator), Deirdra Govan (costume design) and Tracy Oliver (creator). Photograph source: javieravaras.com https://spatialtherapy.co/stories/get-you-a-me monthly 0.5 2023-07-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1d0b6896-00af-4b4c-a4b6-c0bad42ffa03/sylvia+obell+scottie+beam.jpg Blog - Get You A Me: Home Decor Edition - Scottie Beam + Sylvia Obell Providing a public service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/0b03c63e-fdd3-42d0-9e94-ad8e5cc04ea2/Screen+Shot+2021-12-22+at+6.22.26+PM.png Blog - Get You A Me: Home Decor Edition - Three men are laced with practical tips on how to be more intentional in the ways they dress, curate their living environments and communicate. Episode 2 highlights the home as an opportunity for self-expression. Freddie (Bachelor #2) made little attempt to make his house comfortable and it’s clear that chores are not a priority. Brought to you by Netflix and Strong Black Lead. https://spatialtherapy.co/stories/reading-list-1 monthly 0.5 2022-07-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/2d3dd173-df38-48c4-ae82-d0b2f61a9038/suggested+reading.jpg Blog - Reading List - Spatial Therapy is the continuation of a centuries-old dialogue between architects, designers, artists, writers, philosophers, farmers, geographers and more. Together we have explored what it means to experience space both passively and actively and have found ways to manipulate spaces to achieve a desired effect. These ideas have lived in me for years, but not until I started finding supportive literature was I able to put language and form to my practices. Anyone looking to expand their understanding of how humans and other species experience and manipulate space may find these titles helpful. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/6a7895e6-8c89-4efd-9a4d-679d690c5fe5/house+as+a+mirror+of+self+by+clare+cooper+marcus.jpg Blog - Reading List - House as a Mirror of Self Exploring the Deeper Meaning of Home by Clare Cooper Marcus Clare Cooper Marcus conducts a series of interviews with people from various backgrounds. They are encouraged to describe their current living spaces and their personal history of home as a concept. This introspective read is a journey through many worlds, through peoples’ personal galaxies - a celestial neighborhood tour if you will. This is the first book I came across that successfully merged home design with psychology. I was ecstatic to learn that I wasn’t the only one who saw the homescape as a portal to the inner world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/bc1028df-d5e7-410d-80fc-7c6f01e9739c/sacred+space+by+denise+linn.jpg Blog - Reading List - Sacred Space Clearing and Enhancing the Energy of Your Home by Denise Linn Denise Linn taps into her Native American heritage to bring forth this guide for working with the subtle energies in the home. This resource offers practical advice on how to incorporate the elements of nature and mystical sciences like numerology and feng shui into home design. While reading this book, I began to understand just how meticulous a person can be when curating a home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/f35b2132-30a9-4207-b450-94b58a46a56d/belonging+by+bell+hooks.jpg Blog - Reading List - belonging a culture of place by bell hooks belonging changed everything for me. Before I found the book, I was rightly under the impression that most literature in the field of place making is written by white authors. At last, I found an account of experiential space told through the lens of a black woman living through the tension of being black in America. This series of essays by bell hooks examines the ways her home state of Kentucky permanently influenced the way she explores the rest of the world. She searches endlessly for a new place to call home before finally landing back in Kentucky - her place to rest. These poetic reflections guided me as I wrote about my own journey away from my place of birth and into my inner home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/3a581b85-799c-4f45-a0f4-f8f22c7dfd2a/bell+hooks.jpg Blog - Reading List - homeplace a site of resistance by bell hooks While black people are often subject to living conditions that are at worst inhumane, home is one of few places we can exhale. As part of a compilation of essays in Yearning: Race, Gender and Cultural Politics, homeplace is bell hooks’ commentary on the ways that black women have historically made it their business to curate living spaces that uplift and empower the family, despite constant discrimination and violence outside the home. hooks admits that sexist, racist, capitalist ideology has a way of seeping into the black home. This essay is a call to action, urging black people to take back control of the narratives that live inside their spaces. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/ae06a192-896c-4675-9acf-cd623af42dc8/four+huts.jpg Blog - Reading List - Four Huts Asian Writings on the Simple Life translated by Burton Watson This book reads like a series of diary entries, each written by a different poet. For their own reasons, the four narrators chose to retire (whether temporarily or permanently) from city life and retreat to the wilderness. The poets describe their living environment the way only a poet could. These short, reflective pieces juxtapose meditative solitude with the dense political backdrop of the time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/0f5f9ddc-0a7c-4cb3-a1aa-08c6cd52a47d/spaceandplace.jpg Blog - Reading List - Space and Place The Perspective of Experience by Yi-Fu Tuan Space and Place is Topophilia matured. One quote encapsulates the subject of this book: “An object or place achieves concrete reality when our experience of it is total, that is, through all the senses as well as with the active and reflective mind.” Yi-Fu Tuan ventures through abstract and concrete realities using the full spectrum of experience of various types of spaces as a filter. By investigating the ancient virtues of cultures worldwide and giving them meaning in today’s society, the author succeeds in distilling high concepts so that they’re digestible to the reader. This book connected many dots for me as I continue to build out the theory of Spatial Therapy and envision ways to apply these theories in the coming years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/960f764e-5ba1-4ee2-9e3e-34a72d5def5d/at+home+on+the+earth.jpg Blog - Reading List - At Home on the Earth Becoming Native to Our Place edited by David Landis Barnhill Since its inception Spatial Therapy has explored ways the concept of home can be mobilized and accessed anywhere on the planet. At Home on the Earth is just that: an exploration of the countless ways people cultivate relationships with their inner homes, their constructed homes and the planetary home shared by all. This anthology introduced to me the idea of bioregionalism, the idea of organizing land masses not according to political jurisdictions, but to the natural shifts in climate, habitat and landscape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/bbc4f8e8-8a1a-4873-9356-5e41f704bc31/healing+spaces.jpg Blog - Reading List - Healing Spaces The Science of Place and Well-Being by Esther M. Stenberg This research-heavy book forced me out of my introspective bag and deep into my scientific bag -- a place I don’t go often. Finishing this book was a necessary challenge as it presented scientific evidence for the tenets of Spatial Therapy. Dr. Esther M. Sternberg focuses her lens on the hospital as this is an environment where one’s healing can be linearly tracked. She takes the reader on a sensory journey, discussing the ways stimuli in the environment are received by the brain and the body. Outside the hospital, gardens, labyrinths and cities are also explored. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1e2ad20f-d648-4f04-b343-1298e153d75d/the+poetics+of+space+by+gatson+bachelard.jpg Blog - Reading List - The Poetics of Space The Classic Look At How We Experience Intimate Places by Gatson Bachelard Phenomenology [the study of experience, imagination and consciousness] was a term I had to get familiar with to embark on the reading of this book. Gatson Bachelard uses prose and poetry to explore the way consciousness comes alive in the spaces it occupies. Poets will enjoy this prosaic tour through the nooks and crannies of the world including corners, closets, nests and chests. Of particular interest to me was the transition between the chapter on “Miniatures” and the chapter on “Intimate Immensity.” The polarity of these phenomenons as related to the lived experience iss skillfully woven by the French author. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/57f2f381-b235-472f-9551-ec2383e8699d/topophilia.jpg Blog - Reading List - Topophilia A Study of Environmental Perception, Attitudes and Values by Yi-Fu Tuan Topophilia is Yi-Fu Tuan’s attempt at “order[ing] in some way the wide variety of attitudes and values relating to man's physical environment” (Preface, Space and Place). The book reads almost like a historical report and I can admit it didn’t hold my attention. I do, however, understand the importance of acknowledging the infinitely mercurial nature of perception. Social values today are ridiculed by tomorrow. What brings a person pleasure this year can cause them severe discomfort by the next. This book is a reminder that perception, a fundamental building block of reality, is not only subject to change, it’s guaranteed to change again and again. https://spatialtherapy.co/stories/intention-setting monthly 0.5 2023-07-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1629230980694-MDUQZN3UB91ZAW5JYWH1/altar+candy+1.jpg Blog - Intention Setting For Your Space - Intention Setting by Kenniese S. Franklin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1629229479381-FS4ROCQA6HX13I3FRFO9/foundation+deposits.jpg Blog - Intention Setting For Your Space - Make it stand out Foundation deposits included things like pottery, inscribed bricks, plaques, model tools, beads and other offerings. The plaques pictured above were displayed at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston. Photo by Elizabeth Minor. https://spatialtherapy.co/stories/free-plants monthly 0.5 2022-05-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/28fea080-15c3-41cd-82cf-4c905ae7a5b5/free+plant+giveaway+flyer.jpg Blog - Plant Giveaway - Free plants on @spatialtherapy IG. Two winners will be drawn at random. Entry is simple: To enter, comment on the giveaway post describing your current living space in three sentences or less. For two entries, comment a second time describing your ideal living space in three sentences or less. https://spatialtherapy.co/stories/interior-terrain monthly 0.5 2022-05-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1616559256025-6CNDATANE3UIQC8XDADC/forgotten+coast.jpg Blog - Interior Terrain https://spatialtherapy.co/stories/a-beautified-home monthly 0.5 2022-06-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1600228785718-XD5HMS95LJH4NA5PYFIL/circular%2Bmirror%2Btwo.jpg Blog - a beautified home - A Beautified Home is the therapy you need Photo by siyan peng on Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1600978589812-HNDLRX98UM8RZFM0MHUC/pyramids.jpg Blog - a beautified home - “The energy radiating from your home can be like a small stone dropped into a still pool of the universe, whose ripples will be felt at the farthest shore of the cosmos. ” Sacred Space, Denise Linn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1600380414801-T2JYGJZCLZW112GIA96S/morocco+door+light.jpg Blog - a beautified home - Integrate the Elements Inside the home we can recreate the feelings invoked by nature ranging from invigorated inspiration to serene softness, childlike wonder to peaceful ponderance, wombly warmth, distant sorrow, thunderous rage and so on. The immense changes we see in the world now are results of some greater cosmic shifts and we therefore can call on these cosmic forces to assist us as we transform. We cannot survive without the support of the Sun and the Earth. They offer just as much emotional support as they do biological support; we’re not meant to shoulder these transformations alone. Tribal people understand this. Their life cycles commune with and honor the natural world. We are being invited to recall this ancient wisdom and maximize the benefits of our relationships with the Sun, the Earth, our ancestors and other supportive energies in the unseen realm. Integrating the elements at home helps bridge the gap between us and the divine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1600388479299-GOILBLATQTTQUVJVU55X/water+four.jpg Blog - a beautified home - Water Photo by Shifaaz shamoon on Unsplash https://spatialtherapy.co/stories/leo monthly 0.5 2022-05-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1590887121593-FUTK7T6T172XWYVFW4E4/yucca+cane Blog - I Hired Security for My House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1590887459735-A2L0O1Q9GIYVZ574WJ7A/yucca+cane+two.jpg Blog - I Hired Security for My House Above: Big Leo in all his glory. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1590887517989-22QOT7XQ1MF65HV5V4G5/yucca+cane+tree+stump.jpg Blog - I Hired Security for My House Above: One of two tree stumps that mysteriously sprouted months after I brought them home from the levee with intentions to use as plant stands. They are the outdoor variation of the yucca cane (Leo’s cousins) and work as excellent little doormen on the front porch. The trunk grounds the entrance and the spiky leaves repel any ill-intentioned energies away. https://spatialtherapy.co/stories/bathroom-makeover monthly 0.5 2022-05-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1590093409554-H9CWBXAMAL43ZXKK5ZPJ/bathroom+before.jpg Blog - Bathroom Makeover https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1590093413153-UOBTXQ7DZQC0XW4XI4D9/bathroom+after.jpg Blog - Bathroom Makeover https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1590093472370-0EQK34C6MR2ZMI0ONXFI/bathroom+thumbnail+cool.jpg Blog - Bathroom Makeover No purchases were made for this mini makeover. I happened to have everything on hand including paint, rollers, shelves, brackets and all else pictured. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1590093549505-HEATZM4D55G5YO9DUKQ0/bathroom+after+two.jpg Blog - Bathroom Makeover https://spatialtherapy.co/stories/diy-water-fountain monthly 0.5 2025-04-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1590004427715-JX5E3L03OT33JUNBLA8Q/fountain+before.jpg Blog - DIY Water Fountain https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1590004427130-IOVOF7ZKVEG25ABSG9MC/fountain+of+flowers.jpg Blog - DIY Water Fountain https://spatialtherapy.co/stories/intrepid-bodies monthly 0.5 2022-05-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1590010759935-O4E6RYB51WV94D1W5RCT/hoda+essa+two.jpg Blog - Intrepid Bodies - Connect with Hoda: intrepidbodies.com IG: @_hodaxo Soundcloud: hoda.xo https://spatialtherapy.co/stories/graduation monthly 0.5 2021-01-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1590019729085-68WEMLGTD2QAQTOO6XIY/graduation+speech.jpg Blog - Graduation https://spatialtherapy.co/stories/solitude monthly 0.5 2020-11-13 https://spatialtherapy.co/stories/shedding monthly 0.5 2022-05-14 https://spatialtherapy.co/stories/cradle monthly 0.5 2022-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1590019510028-90Q27LIV068D1C63F2S3/cradle1.jpg Blog - Cradle - Cradle by Kenniese S. Franklin I sit in my rooms Bird in a tree Observing my belongings The tree's leaves. When I unlocked these doors for the very first time, I didn't realize I was making a promise To let these rooms make good on their promise To cradle me in their branches Catch me when I'm spilling Let them lay rest in my spirit. I cling to these rooms Baby to her mother Remembering soon I'll get older. It's true, my house and me are leasing each other but we know once it's over, this will still be forever. We conceive of creations We give birth together We cradle ideas as they take form. We cradle ideas as they sculpt themselves. We cradle ideas and shed tears. https://spatialtherapy.co/stories/unmade monthly 0.5 2022-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1590017839084-JBIHK0QULDOS1RM8Q82B/IMG_20200411_114255-1.jpg Blog - Unmade https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1593184710794-V93GF92G3BT5KBCBSQ4R/processed_IMG_20191021_140132.jpg Blog - Unmade https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1593184879530-BJTWCTP1VX2OKH3M117M/processed_20191021_144337.jpg Blog - Unmade https://spatialtherapy.co/stories/simone monthly 0.5 2026-02-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1587511857549-A9TFDX56VGHI0QWX2OZI/walkway.jpg Blog - Sweet Home Simone - For the first time since our friendship began, I finally get to see Simone's house. Together we've been on boats, gone camping, taken road trips and shared intimate secrets; yet I've never seen the inside of her home. We first met working in a Tallahassee call center while taking classes at FAMU. Since then, the two of us combined have had six apartments in 4 different cities over the course of five years. Now in Nashville, Simone lives in a town home complex less than a hundred feet from a busy railroad. The train car clatter is part of the living experience here. It informs the mood. The buildings feature thick brick, corrugated metal and retro cage lighting. The industrious character of the area is subtly softened by flowering shrubs and the slim silhouettes of young maple trees. These walkways are designed to create moments of quiet. Simone and I embrace, rejoicing in our long-awaited togetherness. At our ankles, her two pups rejoice in their own world. The three of them lead me through the seafoam green front door, whose weight swings back like it wants to fight. I find myself at the bottom of a wooden staircase nestled between tall windowless walls. Neon light and lo fi hip hop beats entice me upward. I follow behind Simone and we ascend into a cool grey hideaway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1587511982031-22COSO9PY6WNK21DRS1R/cool+gray+hideaway.jpg Blog - Sweet Home Simone https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1589404196255-0TMNAMIOX8WEQGMOJG5C/bike.jpg Blog - Sweet Home Simone - I'm washed in tranquility. The source of the neon light is a delicate little flamingo perched on a grassy wall. I see plush, misty gray couches, a furry rug to match, an easel stacked with partial paintings, a lab coat, a wall-mounted bike and a sea of plants: peace lilies, pothos, lucky bamboo, aloe, assorted flowers. These plants are members of the house. Standing erect, they make their presence known. The two pups, one French Bulldog, the other a Boston Terrier bounce about in bliss, playing tug-o-war on the furry rug. The music is an atmospheric massage, underscored by subtly animated illustrations on the TV and floral aromas in the air. The ridges in the wood floors are pronounced. The spirits of the trees whisper stories beneath my feet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1609133062554-RCYRK1IXLVKPT5KMWCJA/pipe+part+three.jpg Blog - Sweet Home Simone - The Grand Tour A pipe Simone brought back from a trip to Vietnam. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1589403137981-48O1RUBEDWKIKV9W3G90/staircase.jpg Blog - Sweet Home Simone https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1587512592066-BV6NETATG5HMD1EMK3M0/cato.jpg Blog - Sweet Home Simone - At any moment, the trinkets Simone has collected from around the world, like the handpipe from Vietnam, are either intensifying her travel craze or helping her curb it. Ideally it’s the latter, otherwise she may never find time to study. 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Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/cf7eb6f7-8488-4800-b3f3-e480c3a8612e/robyn+tpc+smith.png Pretty Chemist Headquarters - Connect With Robyn IG: @theprettychemist Website: www.theprettychemist.com Store: www.theprettychemist.com/shop https://spatialtherapy.co/atlantic-ave daily 0.75 2023-08-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/45e1ecf9-3e62-430e-9c1a-46c6c0baafd4/dde93054-5ff3-4875-8265-9b493fd73772+2.jpg Atlantic Ave Art House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/c3d4d4a3-77d6-44ef-9825-517aca97045b/atlantic+ave+hoda.PNG Atlantic Ave Art House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/15d9c74f-ef85-4cf2-9cd3-e5ec6a47b03a/VideoCapture_20190330-213741+2.jpg Atlantic Ave Art House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/6d86d6b7-3907-4da0-8b35-1d69880f80f7/E11EE26F-5EB7-4B58-9F90-773EE0EC9A00.JPEG Atlantic Ave Art House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/429efe34-1824-4951-a317-e8731182b04f/IMG_3834.jpg Atlantic Ave Art House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/a45530e4-1194-484a-9bce-fa869a46b66a/atlantic+ave+look+back+.jpg Atlantic Ave Art House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/a4636ec7-a03b-4c6e-b10a-cefe11ad94f9/A97B150E-4165-4D00-9553-2A3907181AA9.jpg Atlantic Ave Art House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/95ae6fc9-ad86-4555-84be-9ac00ba3ebf8/IMG_3904.jpg Atlantic Ave Art House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/8d300f0a-34bf-48ab-93da-894318b2e264/Screen+Shot+2020-05-23+at+12.53.16+PM.jpg Atlantic Ave Art House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/82d8d1eb-ad48-4015-97e4-f224ecccab62/2F2E7FB0-5A7F-43F9-88C3-E53B40D17353.jpg Atlantic Ave Art House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/f3b8fb76-fe96-4234-882f-ce8e9d1c02f9/IMG_20200223_131443_Original.jpg Atlantic Ave Art House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/806b1d9d-1dba-4ff8-b0a3-c24977181117/IMG_3274.jpg Atlantic Ave Art House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/a5546549-e4e8-43de-b60e-007d97de3021/atlantic+ave+palm+head.jpg Atlantic Ave Art House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/4f61e503-2b76-4907-bc61-b6a43f673d90/IMG_8889.jpg Atlantic Ave Art House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/dbb718ef-d1b1-4ca6-aa33-e9409e5590c8/4422E57B-497C-4770-8879-1B79CD4A854E.JPG Atlantic Ave Art House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/b788e95a-982c-4293-9d07-650bb82b4efc/atlantic+ave+art+house+light.png Atlantic Ave Art House - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/4a256f05-3b0f-4e0a-a681-6a266fa7a508/altar+candy+1.jpg Atlantic Ave Art House - History The Westbank has long been ostracized by New Orleanians. It’s the place nobody goes. Algiers Point was often the first place enslaved Africans stepped foot upon arrival and at one point, had the densest population of African people in the region. Most were enslaved and detained until they crossed the river to meet their fate at the auction. Others dispersed throughout the swampland on the Westbank and made a free life for themselves (from Cierra Chenier’s Algiers is very much New Orleans; was often the soil where enslaved ancestors first stepped foot). Fast forward 300 years and you’ll find Algiers Point to be majority white and highly priced. This doesn’t mean the descendants of enslaved Africans disappeared. They are still very much present on the Westbank and so are their stories. Spirit will not be silenced. When I first arrived in New Orleans, Algiers Point is where I landed. The neighborhood cradled me as I moved sometimes silently, sometimes violently through my own rebirth and resurrection. Through the lens of my home - the textures, the color palette, the bookshelves - I witnessed myself transforming. Before Spatial Therapy was ever a business, it was a spiritual practice. It was the acknowledgement that the house is a mirror and reflects back to you the things you’re willing to see, be they light and lovely or heavy and ugly. In time, I grew more comfortable being witnessed in this process and opened the space to trusted confidants. During its five year run, the Art House welcomed creatives from California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, New York, Texas, Tennessee and Washington D.C. It became a place where black creatives gathered to politic and pour into each other. We felt powerful in that space. We felt beautiful. We felt free. We felt safe and held when it was time to talk about heartache, ancestral trauma and the ways we constantly wrestle with the idea of freedom. We were empowered to re-imagine the future as we see fit for ourselves and our families. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/7ec5e377-8413-4a76-9c1a-aef0b435b39b/atlantic+ave+art+house.+floyd+sofa.jpg Atlantic Ave Art House - Fortress Affectionately referred to as the Fortress, the 800 square-foot shotgun home was equipped with ample parking, a front porch, full kitchen, full bath, laundry and an outdoor garden. The front room, where visitors met and gathered, had no TV. This intentional design decision made some uncomfortable while others never noticed and easefully fell into conversation. View still shots and footage from some of our projects below. https://spatialtherapy.co/mailing-list daily 0.75 2023-02-03 https://spatialtherapy.co/artist-portfolio daily 1.0 2025-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1672855411040-Q1S1Y7IM3EHULLIEO6YZ/Kenniese%2BS.%2BFranklin%2BPassage%2BNo.%2B1.jpg Kenniese S. Franklin Artist Portfolio Kenniese S. Franklin Passage No. 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/fea99aae-c36d-4f9e-ab3e-4b3121bab6ff/prepare+the+space.png Kenniese S. Franklin Artist Portfolio Prepare the Space, 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/1672855447794-TUOVROYDB9J8YWT1QNDX/Kenniese%2BS.%2BFranklin%2BPassage%2BNo.%2B2.jpg Kenniese S. Franklin Artist Portfolio Kenniese S. Franklin Passage No. 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/db744bab-5616-423d-aca6-e766516dc82b/reception+room.png Kenniese S. Franklin Artist Portfolio Reception Room, 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/24f7f789-8910-406c-89f6-959820038444/in+an+instant+website+thumbnail.png Kenniese S. Franklin Artist Portfolio Kenniese S. 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Her career quietly began when she left her home state, Colorado to attend Florida A&M University in Tallahassee. While enrolled, she wandered along the Forgotten Coast through tiny beach towns and coastal forests, hypnotized by the cosmic orchestra and its obsession with detail. Kenniese identified trees, collected fallen leaves, photographed their intricacies and composed digital collages. After graduating summa cum laude with a psychology degree, Kenniese journeyed to New Orleans and in 2016 began studying under the tutelage of sculptor, historian and hoodoo man Jean-Marcel St. Jacques. She was exposed to assemblage art, woodwork, multi-media collage and unconventional marketing. Kenniese’s shotgun apartment in Old Algiers sparkled with what she was learning about art curation and set building, while her long-time fascination with interior design swelled under the influence of New Orleans’s radiance. In the backyard of her shotgun home, Kenniese dug up the stories of the land - uncovering cracked oyster shells, deceased pet collars and brick foundations that had been buried. She shared space with wisteria buds, aromatic camphor and banana trees. Developing her own style of land literacy, Kenniese received guidance from the plants directly. The banana trees urged her to transform their fibers into fine art. She listened. The art has since been recognized by A Studio In the Woods in New Orleans, LA and the National Black Arts Festival. Kenniese has showcased sculptural water features and banana leaf art around Atlanta, GA via Hidden Gallery, Peters Street Station and Koncept House. In 2018, Kenniese founded Spatial Therapy, a design studio and methodology informed by the origin, evolution, inherent divinity and underlying sanctity of the homescape. She designs bespoke furnishings and fine art to feature in her projects. Spatial Therapy Kenniese calls herself a translator of the unseen and finds value in conscious collaboration with the intangible forces that power daily life. She has chosen the homescape as her vehicle, as it quite literally houses the unseen wave patterns that make up our habits, thoughts and emotions. “Houses and the objects in them are portals to the inner world, tour guides of past times and gateways to the future,” says Kenniese. If we look carefully at our living space, we see our inner state reflected. We see what our subconscious wants us to know. When we’re intentional about the way we design and maintain our space, we get to interact more deeply with the multi-dimensionality of the Self. The home becomes a breathing, vibrating companion that witnesses our evolution and helps us process change. Over time we can strengthen our ability to meld this multi-dimensionality into whatever we please. We can work with the energy of the house to amplify our own energy fields and ultimately enhance our creative powers. At Spatial Therapy, nature is our north star. We utilize the elements of the natural world as reference points for rhythm, symmetry, pattern and divine order. Contact Kenniese or subscribe below to stay updated. Image credit: Brittany Sade Guerin https://spatialtherapy.co/throughthenight daily 0.75 2023-01-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/976358f6-502e-4bc7-9d1b-2706d747c604/Kenniese+S.+Franklin+Through+the+Night.JPEG https://spatialtherapy.co/solarflare daily 0.75 2023-06-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/897b8bc0-4759-4ceb-9c48-0426146663c0/DFCA4C82-C4EA-4692-8236-C5621B31A459.JPEG https://spatialtherapy.co/gardenofeden daily 0.75 2023-08-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7aa156baf83111558ef6d9/e37a1b1e-9ae6-4e76-be88-d2d384be3dc7/classicu2023-04-09000201.020.JPG Garden of Eden Garden of Eden Fashion Exhibition Atlanta Contemporary, Set design by Kenniese S. 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