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                      Queen Lachiefa of the Cannabelievers

Born a hybrid of the earth and stars, Queen Lachiefa has broken away from her ties to prescription medications to combat her illness, she has gone spiritual and now uses cannabis to heal her mind and body. Ohana, art and meditation are most important to the queen. Daily her Ohana pulls her from the darkness and keeps her focused on the light as her branches extend to grandchildren. She tries to teach others balance through alchemy and astrology, which comes from a deep understanding of self. She can be goofy, loving, serious, and empathetic with her Ohana keeping her focused all the while. She knows that every day is a blessing and lives life accordingly.

Stock Photos:

Pile of pills in background montage: 

http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/kbbi/files/201704/piles-of-pills.jpg

Pill Bottles for arms:

https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/56ccaf301e000021007029f0.jpeg?ops=1910_1000

Personal Photos used:

My head was taken by my husband at our son’s wedding with my iPhone

Ohana (Family) in the wings and twirled in the background scene, was taken by my mother on my iPhone

Alchemy Armor in the center sun, as well as the Azoth in the bouquet were part of my collection of Alchemy photos from my personal collection.

Sketch of Children in flowers was done and scanned by me in a drawing class for Schoolcraft College.(Scraft)

The Marijuana leaf in the leaves and was a picture I took from a plant with my iPhone.

The picture of my Husband on my necklace was taken by me with my new camera when I was practicing. He was playing a song and my daughter was singing.

The coloring from the sun was taken from an acrylic painting I did for no particular reason. It was a cowboy sunset scene.

The skull in the background was a drawing I did in Life Drawing class at Scraft.

The medicine board, ostomy tape, and wound in background appearing as a road were all taken on my iPhone in October when I was admitted for my Crohn’s Disease and had surgery.

The forest shot was given to me by a friend after surgery to cheer me up from his iPhone.

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Concept Artwork, installation hanging, idea processes Oakland University Senior Seminar

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Created during Winter 2019 semester Oakland University Music Production Online

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Manifesto Senior Seminar Art

Building Bridges

Days turn dark while we lose ourselves

As we set our humanity high upon the shelf;

The truth we can’t see, that we are all the same

Just trying to survive life’s cosmic game.

Take us back to a time where we tore down walls

Replacing them with bridges that united us all;

Our children’s future mattered to powers that be

And we had a land where we could be free.

Awakening of soul is not handed but earned

With enlightenment and experience altruism learned;

Only when we acknowledge our true fate

Will all lives be spared, and set free from hate.

For those who follow blindly into the night

As you try to turn humanity away from the light;

We see through you armed with love on our side

There is no longer a place from truth you can hide.

We can go back to the time we broke down walls

We will repair those bridges that unite us all;

The planet will matter most to those powers that be

Together in this land where we will finally be free.

                      I have been sick for a very long time, now over half of my existence has been seen from the confines of my hospital bed and those entrusted to care for me. I have met many different people along the way, and every person has inspired me in one way or another. I have spent numerous hours within my mind or in the escape of a book. My art has kept me sane, in an insane world.

           There have been some very different people who have come in and out of my life, and that of my family. I have met angry, sad, poor, tired, hungry, happy, empathetic, wealthy, loving, fed and so many countless others in my 51 years. Every human in my path has helped shape the person I am today. I feel each one has taught me a lesson of one kind or another. The experience has built me.

           The above poem I wrote driving home with my husband and in the back seat with our new puppy; I thought about the world today and wrote it on my phone. When we returned home, we began to create a song from the poem and Tony wrote the melody. I had spent many days in and out of the hospital in the past month, the state of the world, and the frame of mind I was in inspired the post. I had just left Rowan, my grandson.

           My disease is a manifestation of the feelings I internalize and the energies around me, the constant hatred humanity has decided to show, is part of triggering my disease. It has also changed and morphed me into the person I am today, and I am glad it was me and no one else. I could have become a bitter human, and for a while I was resentful of my “worst case” scenario Crohn’s. However, this only made me more ill.

         This has also shaped my art. I have found that although my art is not for some people’s taste, those who do admire and request my work are those who need it the most. It is meant to be inspiring. I am not trying to impress anyone with my art. I am trying to make one viewer feel peace, if only for a moment. That is my goal. I don’t need a million dollars, if I can bring humanity a small sense of amity and serenity.

           The above poem, now turned song, will be completed. I will ask other musician’s and artist’s I know to take this poem and create a song or work of art from it. I want to see how everyone interprets the meaning of the words. I will report back when I have any responses. My paintings are a combination of humanity/nature, spirituality/mysticism, and serenity/stillness.

           For the bullies who bullied me, the humans that were critical, and those who didn’t know any better… thank you for giving me a place to paint from. You have made me better as a human and an artist. For those who loved me when I was at my worst, fought with, and cried with me… I am forever in your debt. I will finish my degree for those in my Universe who need a reminder to never give up. I encourage all to stay true to yourself, and do unto others.

           Find a place or a moment in time where you can find serenity. I hope humanity can find its way back to some sanity. I don’t even wish for my health. There is too much at stake for our planet, it would be selfish to ask. However, I will continue to create art until the moment I cannot. I will never give up fighting for peace and harmony. I will never stop fighting for truth. I am a fish out of water, and I feel this is exactly what humanity needs… a little bit of inspiration.

What if I died? What did I give? I hope it was an answer, so you might live… I hope I helped you live.~Creed “Wrong Way”

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Created in Ableton Live 10 Intro for Oakland University Music Composing

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Upcoming Project and Other Thoughts

Oakland University is having a mural design competition for the wall behind the amphitheater in the student center. I am currently trying to create a design to reflect how this area makes me feel as a student. Even if I do not make the deadline, I am designing ideas in my sketchbook.

My first piece will be acrylics and oils on canvas. I will be painting some combination of my last posts designs. The canvas for this is 20x30 prestreatvhed, as I am waiting on canvas to come via Amazon to stream he my own campus.

I have decided that I am in college to get a degree, not change who I am as an artist. This may not be possible, as art classes sometimes don’t afford those like me the opportunities as we sometimes cannot be in class. My work is always completed and well done; however, teachers like you in class. Maybe we should offer Skyping?

My goal is to create as much as I can in the time allotted. I will also use this time as an opportunity to develop my Senior Thesis project.

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Sketch ideas for next painting project. Any feedback or comments welcome!

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Sketches for next project design Senior Seminar.

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Creations in Acrylics, Oils and other Medium

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After a classroom artist interview, I have come to realize what kind of artist I am and strive to be. I do not usually become inspired by famous artists as much as I feel most charged through inspiration from my peers. I enjoy famous artwork; however, I paint to make the viewer feel something.

I chose the path of Studio Art: Painting, as there is nothing offered that truly encompasses the renaissance person these days in the college tracks. I am not only a painter; but also a mathematician, writer, singer, sculpture, mother, wife, and grandmother. I have had Crohn’s Disease since the age of 15 and see the world differently and more hopeful than most these days.

My art is intended to be inspirational and uplifting. Getting closer to my graduation date, I have decided that my senior these project should be an all encompassing installation, something to unite and remind humanity of our similarities and not on our supposed differences. This is a big undertaking and I would like it to not only be inspirational, but multicultural as well. On this I have some thinking to do and I have already reached out to some musicians in my online music course.

I have included several pieces of art above and would love to answer any questions that are necessary. Some may call my art Kitchsey , but I am ok with this, as my work is meant to make the onlooker feel anything if not everything they never thought possible. I hope to transform the viewer or participant to a place where they can revel in a moment, if only briefly, outside of the crazy world spinning around them.  

Creations in Acrylics, Oils and other Medium

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                 La Famiglia Liberati : Around the House

                                Project 4 Premiere Pro

A video created in Premiere Pro with recorded sound and sound-bytes used from Freesound.org and SoundBible.com. All video is original footage. Baby moan for production footage is my grandson Rowan.

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Redone with programs ability to use stereo pan and velocity of tones. “Enlightenment” Ableton 10 Live Original music score

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Creations in Acrylics, Oils and other Medium