Liberatory Imagination with Tiffany

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(Photos of the camping trip of incredible mountains, trees, body of water. And on the right, I created a piece inspired by the view with watercolors and charcoal - I used the water from Lake Louise for the watercolor.) [ Scroll to the bottom to watch the visual version of this post ] In September 2016, I went on a 10 day camping trip with friends through Glacier National Park to Banff National Par...

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/ To watch this post via video, scroll to the bottom! And more adlib commentary / Imagine a door, and behind the door there’s a simple dark room with nothing inside. Before you go into the room, you have to lay these things outside the door: * All your achievements (school, career, creative projects, goals achieved, etc.) * All the things you do that you’re proud of (being a loving partner/parent/...

/ To watch this post via video - scroll to the bottom!/ The thing about being able to see your own inner child and younger parts, is the ability to see other people’s. I can see when their inner children are scared, insecure, ashamed, and ultimately wanting to be seen and loved unconditionally. LIBERATORY IMAGINATION is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, cons...

/ To watch this post via video - scroll to the bottom!/ 12.5.24 Journal entry “I feel the lowest I have since starting my SSRI. It’s freaking me out. I feel so lost. I’m afraid of losing my resiliency, my boo, my sense of self and drive, my purpose. I feel like I’m just here floating. I hate it. I’m so lucky to have everything I need and more, but I’m struggling. Struggling. My spiritual spark is...

/ To watch this substack via video recording - scroll to the bottom!/ Loneliness comes in so many shapes and textures. I remember sitting in my bedroom I shared with my sister when I was 7, and I was praying to God for help. The bedroom was (and still is) purple. My sister and I shared bunk beds - the top was mine and the bottom was hers. In the corner of the small room was a desk with one of thos...

/ To watch this substack via video recording (and also a fun sticker idea) - scroll to the bottom!/ Celebrating birthdays is such a cute ritual, where we gather once a year to say YAY another year around the sun! We eat cake, blow candles, make wishes and hope to do it again the next year. LIBERATORY IMAGINATION is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider...

I had the honor to have a conversation with my dear friend and faithful comrade peregrine about shame. Peregrine inspires me daily in the way they move with so much intention, playfulness, and wisdom. It was fun to record a snippet of how many of our conversations usually go! Listen to our podcast episode about our relationship with shame and real life examples of how we maneuver through it. Conne...

/ To watch this substack via video recording - scroll to the bottom! / Look at me there! I was probably around 16 in the early 2000’s right at the start of an iconic era both personally and contextually. It’s such an interesting experience looking at photos of my high school days, because I spend so much more time with my inner child who is under 10 yrs old. When I look at this photo, I remember h...

/ To watch this substack via video recording - scroll to the bottom! / This is so embarrassing to say out loud. When I was in conservative christian college, I took a class that required the students to do street evangelism. For those who aren’t familiar, it’s when you go up to strangers on the street to tell them about the “good news” aka that Jesus died on the cross for them and if they accepted...

\ To watch this substack via video recording - scroll to the bottom! \ Paper Daughter Tiffany Wong 1882 Chinese exclusion act The first explicit immigration law To ban people solely based on race or nationality To entering the “land of opportunity” 1906 San Francisco rose up in flames Burning it all down and birthing whispers of “this is our chance” “this is our ticket” Rising from the ashes came...

\ To watch this substack via video recording - scroll to the bottom! \ “Like that thing where you show someone just a little bit and they run, and then you think, wow, if just this terrified you—the tip of a feather—how am I supposed to open up entire wings? If I’m already so alone with this useless human face pressed over mine to make you more comfortable, how bad will it get if I show you my non...

\ To watch this substack via video recording - scroll to the bottom! \ Up to just 2 years ago, I thought it was my destiny to have children…like birth them from my literal body or through adoption. Being a future mother felt synonymous with me since I was little. I’ve always been really good with kids and everywhere I went people commented how I will be an amazing mom one day. I remember so many t...

\\ To watch this substack via video recording - scroll to the bottom! \\ It’s maddening and laughable, because I was taught that if I focused my whole life on god (or at least who I was told god was) then I would live a righteous life. In bible school (yes I went to a private christian collage), I so vividly remember these two images in one of the bible classes. The first image: numerous dots surr...

I’m half way into Abolish the Family by Sophia Lewis and have been digesting a few pages per day. Here’s an excerpt from it on page 2: I will hazard a definition of love: to love a person is to struggle for their autonomy as well as for their immersion of care, insofar such abundance is possible in a world choked by capital. If this is true, then restricting the number of mothers (of whatever gend...

There’s this tiktok (not endorsing the creator - have no idea who she is) that came across my FYP that was about how everyone wants a village but no one wants to be a villager. Oof. She goes on about how her mom has always had a huge village around her and the creator shares her observations of what her mom does to make that possible. It made me think about my relationship with community, my upbri...

This substack has been a live journal of the waning and waxing…of feeling so lost and then feeling so clear and then having them overlap. Today my body remembers what it felt like a year ago. Five months into live streaming the Palestinian genocide. I just re-read a few substacks from last March, and oh baby. I had no idea what was coming. In my substack titled “My body feels ok today” (March 12th...

I really believe that self honesty is the hardest kind of honesty. So much stems from that place. I can’t hold myself accountable if I’m not honest and brave enough to face truth. I can’t be held accountable by my loved ones if I’m not honest with myself first. Because how can I be honest with people if I can’t be honest with myself? It takes vulnerability and compassion towards myself. And I stru...

My resentment towards Christianity has reared its familiar head once again. I just started season 3 of Blowback the podcast (recommended by my friend Emma ) about the Korean War, and wow. Just when you think you’ve heard the worst of imperialism, it never ceases to shock me what humans are capable of. Last month I listened to season 2 about Cuba, and it was very educational, eye opening, and distu...

Let’s be honest… Most of the people who are reactively signing up to organize will not be there in a month - 2 months tops. I went to a mutual aid meeting a few days ago, and there were a lot of people (white people mainly) that were enthusiastic about being helpful. It was their first time at the meeting. Love to see it. We need all the allies to be hands on. But…I have many but’s coming up. A lo...

Since the Lunar New Year, I have felt a shift in my soul. Something I’ve been praying for. Don’t get me wrong…I’m still sad and anxious and grieving. But the rage and energy is back baby! I needed to sit in sorrow the past many months. Here are some of my reflections. liberatory imagining is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid...

It’s been more than a year since I’ve quit my full time job. Ever since that day I haven’t been able to access motivation to give a s**t to having a career or achieving anything. Honestly, I barely had it in me when I had a full time job. As I’m coming closer and closer to being in a financially dire s pot, I still can’t muster the will to give a s**t. Bearing witness to the Palestinian genocide h...