Jasmine Hearn writes in response to our prompt, My most significant artistic influence(s) is/are…Because…:

those I surround myself with
dreams
memories
illustrations by Diane and Leo Dillan
Anything by Octavia Butler
all that I have inherited
honey
water
lace
vulnerability
power
consent
the colors orange and plum
sensuality
the erotic as explained in the Uses of the Erotic: Erotic as Power by Audre Lorde
the moon
my mentors
my elders
work by Lovie Olivia, Alisha B. Wormsley, Autumn Knight, Billie Holiday, Ayanah Moor, Bekezela Mguni, Joy KMT, Aunt Bola Patrick, Byronné Hearn, Tony Whitaker, and Ebele Ajogbe

Because…
these are who and what I have a practice in listening to and with..deeply
without doubt
without shame

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Jasmine Hearn’s latest work, shook, premieres on a shared evening with Mariana Valencia’s Yugoslavia October 12-14.  Tickets available here.