Rehearsing Elegance: In this piece of art, I am holding coconut leaves and cinnamon sticks, and I use both materials  in my everyday life for cooking, skincare, and health care.

While creating this piece, I paid attention to what grows from our land and how the things that grow always sustained me. Coconut oil nourishes my body. Cinnamon gives my food a unique flavor and help support my skin whenever I experience hyperpigmentation.

In our communities, we learn to make beauty from what is near and Rehearsing Elegance reflects that inheritance: how care is practiced daily, how elegance is learned through repetition, and how the land teaches us who we are if we pay attention.