high desert test sites
On-site Experience: From the journal:
High Desert test sites
Joshua Tree, California
27th of January 2026
Acclamation, supplies, research. Wrote a wire to my mother. Reading: Desert Solitaire. Searching for the unknown.
Explored some of the grounds. Met people. Library. 2,415 steps. Lunch. Sunshine is abundant.
Work. Richard. Snack. Sunset, reflection, read.
This was my process for five days. This residency gave me space to consider the change in my artistic venture toward working in maternal identity after child loss. Each day I went through a process of and explored the peace of the high desert.
I had decided after graduate school around 2024 that I wanted to start working in maternal identity and child loss. I was reaching out to people in the community, friends, and others, trying to understand how the topic would be preserved. After about a year I decided I needed more space to site with and think about this change. Below are some of my writings and creations from the week.
High desert test sites residecy process work
Images created while on residency.
