I have a love/hate relationship with social media, as I think probably most of us do, but one thing that I really love about it is how many friends and connections I’ve made here. ⁣
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Two of my favorite humans behind the screen are Erin Aquarian @fulltimewitch and Edgar Fabián Frías @edgarfabianfrias . I’ve been following Erin’s work for years now. We actually met IRL almost ten years ago but it wasn’t until connecting in the virtual space that we actually got to talking. Through her account I learned about Edgar (who I also got to meet last year at one of their incredible art-rituals @disjectapdx ) and they are both at the top of my feed these days, helping me get through the days with their cyberspells and rituals.⁣

I’m so inspired by the ways each of them use technology, virtuality and their social media. Without fail, the content they share always feels like an authentic gesture, an invitation to connect and a recipe for magic. I was blessed a few weeks ago to share virtual space with them for an EA guest episode and I got to learn more about how they each understand their art/magic/life/decolonization practices, some of the ways their work has developed through their life experiences and how they consider the magical, mind-shifting, reprogramming potentials of the Internet and social media.⁣ ⁣

Healing ourselves for future generations starts with claiming our own magic. Tune in for this special guest episode with Erin Aquarian (@fulltimewitch) and Edgar Fabian Frias (@edgarfabianfrias) as we explore how they use magic, facilitated through art and social and political engagement, to connect with their ancestral lineages, empower themselves and find inspiration for their work.

Erin Aquarian is a @fulltimewitch residing on the stolen indigenous lands that are now called Portland Oregon. She is a tarot teacher, multidisciplinary healing artist and singer in the band Void Realm. Erin works with the tarot's archetypes to promote her agenda of healing, empowerment, and liberation for one and all. Her life's mission is to help people break free of status quo programming, find their inspiration and true purpose in life. Erin offers Cycles of Evolution lifetime readings, a monthly Virtual Ritual, and a wealth of accessible online content via Instagram, Youtube, and her newsletter. Visit her website to find out more about her work and current offerings. Healing power to the people!

Edgar Fabián Frías is a nonbinary, queer, indigenous (Wixárika) and Latinx multidisciplinary artist, curator, educator, and psychotherapist. They work in photography, video art, sound, sculpture, printed textiles, GIFs, performance, social practice, and community organizing, among other emergent genres. Most recently, they have integrated their diverse practices and collaborative partnerships into the creation of large-scale interactive installations and experiences. Seeking to alter states of awareness through the creation of temporary sanctuaries that act as conduits for respite, empathy, self-reflection, humor, and curiosity. For 2019/2020, Frías is a visual arts fellow at the Tulsa Artist Fellowship in Tulsa, Oklahoma and a Research Fellow for the Oklahoma Center for The Humanities’ Research Seminar on Play. Recent exhibitions include “Nierika : Santuario Somático” at Disjecta Contemporary Art Center in Portland, Oregon and “Perpetual Flowering” at the Vincent Price Art Museum in Los Angeles, California. Their work has been exhibited at Human Resources (Los Angeles, CA), Machine Project (Los Angeles, CA), SOMArts (San Francisco, CA), ESMoA (El Segundo, CA), Disjecta (Portland, OR), Gilcrease Museum (Tulsa, OK), Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN), Performance is Alive (New York, NY), and ArtBo (Bogotá, Colombia), among others. Their work has also recently appeared in The Commons, a public access-style morning show for witches, by witches and as a part of the Many Moons Lunar Planner 2020, created by Sarah Faith Gottesdiener. Born in East Los Angeles in 1983, Frías received dual BA degrees in Psychology and Studio Art from the University of California, Riverside. In 2013, they received an MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Portland State University in Portland, Oregon, with an emphasis on Interpersonal Neurobiology and Somatic Psychotherapy.

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