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kamalamackerel ยท 2 years ago
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39 today ๐ŸŒบ My parents called this morning and my mom asked whether I'd prayed (which I had). My dad asked whether I'd given thanks (which I had). As I embark on this 40th journey around the sun, I give thanks for love, for both the depth and abundance of love in my life. I give thanks for purpose, for the beauty of waking up every morning and living an intentional and fulfilling life. I give thanks for all the ways in which I am witnessed, seen and held, in all my complexities. And given that it's my birthday today and that I am away for a writing residency: If there are any special memories of us and/or things you like/appreciate about me that you want to share, these would be very welcome! #birthday #aries gratitude #artist #portrait #art #poet #performer #visualartist #writer #translator #author #femme #lgbt #lgbtq #queer #trans #transgender #zomfam #mauritius #montreal #lamackerel #kamalamackerel (at Pรกtzcuaro, Michoacรกn) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqTN-vCLkDw/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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findthebae ยท 5 years ago
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Hi! Itโ€™s Addison from the Disney movie Zombies! Iโ€™m looking for anyone except for Bree and Bucky because I already found them! But im especially looking for my Zomfam, Zed, Zevon and Zoey! In my canon, my parents gave me an ultimatum. They said that I had to give up dating Zed, because no daughter of theirs was dating zombies. So I moved out and Zevon graciously took me in. I didnโ€™t think he would but they welcomed me with open arms. If this sounds familiar, interact and Iโ€™ll respond! ๐Ÿ’–
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moonbeams-and-midnights ยท 7 years ago
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careol-arc ยท 6 years ago
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lowkey wants to join in on the zomfam
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asarahworld ยท 5 years ago
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Merry Christmas, Zomfam!
I want to wish everyone a Very Merry Christmas from my family to yours!!
๐ŸฆŒ๐ŸฆŒ๐ŸฆŒ๐ŸŽ…๐Ÿป
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canoncalled ยท 5 years ago
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Hi! Itโ€™s Addison from the Disney movie Zombies! Iโ€™m looking for anyone except for Bree and Bucky because I already found them! But im especially looking for my Zomfam, Zed, Zevon and Zoey! In my canon, my parents gave me an ultimatum. They said that I had to give up dating Zed, because no daughter of theirs was dating zombies. So I moved out and Zevon graciously took me in. If this sounds familiar, interact and Iโ€™ll respond! (Also no one under 18 pls as Iโ€™m 25!)
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kamalamackerel ยท 2 years ago
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Mersi moris pou enn letan extraordiner dan sa berso ki to ete la. Mo inn bien travay, mo inn akompli bokou kit soz, mo inn zwinn bann dimoun extra inspiran ek mon inn gayn pass letan ek mo fami. Mo leker bien kontan โค๏ธ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿ’š Thank you Mauritius, ยซthe island bodyยป, the wonderful past few weeks. I haven't managed to accomplish all I had set out to do during my time here, but then the journey was full of surprises, of chance meetings, of magical moments that actually surpassed all my expectations of what my time here could be, would be. Deep gratitude for everyone I shared space with. Deep gratitude for the friendships, old and new, for the ecologies, the geologies, for the poetic and mineral memory. There is a part of me that has grown and transformed that I cannot fully grasp yet. And as much as my heart is filled with sadness at having to leave, my heart is filled with gratitude. There are also some very exciting things that lined up in this trip (but that I am not allowed to announce publicly yet!) Until next time! ๐ŸŒบโค๏ธ๐ŸŒŠ๐Ÿ’™๐ŸŒž๐Ÿ’›๐ŸŒฑ๐Ÿ’š #gratitude #queeringtheislandbody #islandbody #mauritius #mauritiusartist #mauritian #queermauritius #transmauritius #art #artist #performer #performance #poet #poetry #visualart #visualartist #lgbt #lgbtq #queer #trans #transgender #femme #montrealartist #island #body #lamackerel #kamalamackerel #zomfam (at Mauritius, Indian Ocean, Africa) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoIN5EBo9gE/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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kamalamackerel ยท 2 years ago
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Immense gratitude to everyone who witnessed ZOM-FAM's wonderful opening at @buddiesto last night. I can't believe this is the work I get to do, and that I get to do it for 3 more shows this weekend. Tonight's show will be followed by an artist talk-back with @sortofbilal, tomorrow's show with a conversation with @kaichengthom, and Sunday's matinรฉe will be a relaxed performance. There are a few tickets left. Link in bio! Photo credit: @mimnagh.ca #zomfam #performance #performer #interdisciplinary #show #spokenword #poetry #dance #art #artist #queerartist #queermtl #queerart #queerperformance #mauritius #mauritian #buddies #toronto #lgbtq #lgbt #queer #trans #femme #kamalamackerel #lamackerel #transmauritius #queermauritius (at Buddies In Bad Times Theatre) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkjfkB1LzBI/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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kamalamackerel ยท 3 years ago
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Thanks to everyone who came out for the performance of ZOM-FAM at @vuesurlareleve last week. It was such a meaningful moment, to finally be in communion with an audience, but more than anything, to fall in love, all over again, with this work. My heart is full ๐Ÿ’– Merci ร  tousยทtes d'รชtre venuยทes ร  la performance de ZOM-FAM ร  @vuesurlareleve la semaine derniรจre. C'รฉtait un moment profond, de pouvoir enfin รชtre en communion avec un public, mais plus que tout, de tomber en amour ร  nouveau, avec cet ouvrage. J'en ai le cล“ur tout plein ๐Ÿ’– Photo credit: @draven888 #VueSurLaReleve #VSRL #festival #performance #performer #spokenword #poet #show #dance #interdisciplinary #poetry #zomfam #kamalamackerel #lamackerel #mauritius #montreal #trans #queer #lgbtq #lgbt #femme #art #artistic #mtlart #queermtl #mtlmoments (at Maison de la culture Claude-Lรฉveillรฉe) https://www.instagram.com/p/CdrkWfGImVs/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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kamalamackerel ยท 3 years ago
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[english version below] Je prรฉsente aussi un laboratoire du nouvel ouvrage que je dรฉveloppe, ๐’Ž๐’๐’ ๐’„๐’๐’“๐’‘๐’” ๐’†๐’”๐’• ๐’'๐’๐’„รฉ๐’‚๐’, un rรฉcit poรฉtique [EN FRANร‡AIS, OUI!] mis en scรจne ร  travers la danse, le rituel, le mouvement au Festival @offtamtl les 31 mai et 1 juin. C'est un tout nouveau territoire artistique que j'explore, et j'aimerais bien avoir vos commentaires sur l'รฉvolution de ce travail! Lien dans la bio! I am also presenting a new work-in-progress of my new work in development, ๐’Ž๐’๐’ ๐’„๐’๐’“๐’‘๐’” ๐’†๐’”๐’• ๐’'๐’๐’„รฉ๐’‚๐’, a poetic score [IN FRENCH, YES!] that is portrayed through dance, rituals and movement at the Festival @offtamtl on may 31 and june 1. This is a new artistic terrain for me, and I would love to get your feedback on this work in progress! Link in bio! [Photo credit: @vanessafortinphotographe] #OFFTA #festival #performance #performer #spokenword #dance #interdisciplinary #poetry #poรฉsie #zomfam #ocean #kamalamackerel #lamackerel #mauritius #montreal #trans #queer #lgbtq #lgbt #femme #art #artistic #mtlart #mtlmoments (at MAI (Montrรฉal, arts interculturels)) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ccxd498LGBg/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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kamalamackerel ยท 3 years ago
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This is such a surreal thing for me to announce, but here it is: I am presenting a new performance ๐‹๐ž ๐Œ๐จ๐ซ๐ง๐ž : ๐ฌ๐ž๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ง ๐ž๐ค๐ซ๐ข๐ซ ๐ฉ๐š ๐ž๐Ÿ๐š๐ฌ๐ž at the Musรฉe des beaux-arts de Montrรฉal as part of Af-Flux Biennale Transnationale Noire on Nov 6 & 7, at 13h30. It is free, but seats are limited. LINK IN BIO. Photo credit: Vanessa Fortin #mbam #mmfa #afflux #biennale #transnational #noire #blackart #blackartist #performance #performer #ritual #poetry #poet #installation #zomfam #qtbipoc #gay #trans #transgender #femme #mauritius #lemorne #montreal #transmauritius #lamackerel #kamalamackerel (at Musรฉe des beaux-arts de Montrรฉal) https://www.instagram.com/p/CVgZ0fdrPmS/?utm_medium=tumblr
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kamalamackerel ยท 3 years ago
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[english below] si vous avez ratรฉ ma performance-rituel ๐’Ž๐’š ๐’ƒ๐’๐’…๐’š ๐’Š๐’” ๐’‰๐’๐’Ž๐’† // ๐’Ž๐’๐’ ๐’„๐’๐’“๐’‘๐’” ๐’†๐’”๐’• ๐’โ€™๐’๐’„รฉ๐’‚๐’ // ๐’Ž๐’ ๐’๐’†๐’Œ๐’๐’“ ๐’”๐’† ๐’†๐’๐’ ๐’›๐’Š๐’ prรฉsentรฉ dans le contexte de mon expo ๐‘ธ๐‘ผ๐‘ฌ๐‘ฌ๐‘น๐‘ฐ๐‘ต๐‘ฎ ๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ฌ ๐‘ฐ๐‘บ/๐‘ณ๐‘จ๐‘ต๐‘ซ ๐‘ฉ๐‘ถ๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ๐’€ dans le cadre de @momentabiennale ร  @lagaleriedeluqam, la performance est maintenant disponible en ligne et peut รชtre visionnรฉe jusqu'au 24 octobre. je vous ai mis un lien dans la bio! \\ * // * \\ if you missed my ritual performance ๐’Ž๐’š ๐’ƒ๐’๐’…๐’š ๐’Š๐’” ๐’‰๐’๐’Ž๐’† // ๐’Ž๐’๐’ ๐’„๐’๐’“๐’‘๐’” ๐’†๐’”๐’• ๐’โ€™๐’๐’„รฉ๐’‚๐’ // ๐’Ž๐’ ๐’๐’†๐’Œ๐’๐’“ ๐’”๐’† ๐’†๐’๐’ ๐’›๐’Š๐’ presented in the context of my exhibit ๐‘ธ๐‘ผ๐‘ฌ๐‘ฌ๐‘น๐‘ฐ๐‘ต๐‘ฎ ๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ฌ ๐‘ฐ๐‘บ/๐‘ณ๐‘จ๐‘ต๐‘ซ ๐‘ฉ๐‘ถ๐‘ซ๐’€ in the context of @momentabiennale at @lagaleriedeluqam, the performance is now available online to be streamed until oct 24. there's a link in my bio! ยซ ๐‘ฐ๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’” ๐’“๐’Š๐’•๐’–๐’‚๐’ ๐’‘๐’†๐’“๐’‡๐’๐’“๐’Ž๐’‚๐’๐’„๐’†, ๐‘ฒ๐’‚๐’Ž๐’‚ ๐‘ณ๐’‚ ๐‘ด๐’‚๐’„๐’Œ๐’†๐’“๐’†๐’ ๐’Š๐’๐’—๐’๐’Œ๐’†๐’” ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’—๐’๐’Š๐’„๐’†๐’” ๐’๐’‡ ๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’Š๐’“ ๐‘ฐ๐’๐’…๐’-๐‘จ๐’‡๐’“๐’Š๐’„๐’‚๐’ ๐’‚๐’๐’„๐’†๐’”๐’•๐’๐’“๐’”: ๐’•๐’‰๐’๐’”๐’† ๐’˜๐’‰๐’ ๐’˜๐’†๐’“๐’† ๐’‡๐’๐’“๐’„๐’†๐’… ๐’•๐’ ๐’„๐’“๐’๐’”๐’” ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’๐’„๐’†๐’‚๐’๐’” ๐’•๐’ ๐’˜๐’๐’“๐’Œ ๐’Š๐’ ๐’”๐’–๐’ˆ๐’‚๐’“๐’„๐’‚๐’๐’† ๐’‘๐’๐’‚๐’๐’•๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’๐’” ๐’๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’Š๐’”๐’๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’๐’‡ ๐‘ด๐’‚๐’–๐’“๐’Š๐’•๐’Š๐’–๐’”, ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’•๐’‰๐’๐’”๐’† ๐’˜๐’‰๐’ ๐’…๐’Š๐’†๐’… ๐’‚๐’• ๐’”๐’†๐’‚ ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’“ ๐’Ž๐’‚๐’…๐’† ๐’Š๐’• ๐’•๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’”๐’‰๐’๐’“๐’†๐’”. ๐‘จ ๐’“๐’Š๐’•๐’–๐’‚๐’ ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’ƒ๐’๐’…๐’Š๐’†๐’” ๐’๐’‡ ๐’˜๐’‚๐’•๐’†๐’“ ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’‰๐’๐’๐’… ๐’‚๐’๐’„๐’†๐’”๐’•๐’“๐’‚๐’ ๐’Ž๐’†๐’Ž๐’๐’“๐’Š๐’†๐’”, ๐‘ณ๐’‚ ๐‘ด๐’‚๐’„๐’Œ๐’†๐’“๐’†๐’ ๐’‰๐’๐’๐’๐’–๐’“๐’” ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’”๐’‚๐’๐’• ๐’๐’‡ ๐’•๐’‰๐’๐’”๐’† ๐’˜๐’‰๐’ ๐’„๐’‚๐’Ž๐’† ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’‡๐’๐’“๐’† ๐’–๐’” ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’•๐’‰๐’๐’”๐’† ๐’š๐’†๐’• ๐’•๐’ ๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’†. ยป gratitude to Emil Briones & @babemaharjan for being part of this femme ritual. gratitude to @jessica_sofia_lopez for being a superstar & supporting me in bringing this vision to fruition. gratitude to Jean-Michael Seminaro Sandrick Mathurin for documenting the performance. #momenta #momenta2021 #performance #performer #poem #poetry #poet #installation #multimedia #yourbodyistheocean #moncorpsestlocean #zomfam #artist #artistic #artistsoninstagram #artistlife #literature #qtbipoc #bipoc #gay #queer #trans #transgender #oneofthem #montreal #mauritius #transmauritius #lamackerel #kamalamackerel (at Parc Verdun) https://www.instagram.com/p/CUaH6ygg52i/?utm_medium=tumblr
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kamalamackerel ยท 4 years ago
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this just in & i am so overwhelmed, i have no words! ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ’– THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU everyone who supported the birthing of #ZOMFAM immense gratitude to @writerstrust & the jury for seeing this work. congrats to @msxms & @jaye_simpson ๐ŸŒธ what a testament to poetry! what a testament to BIPOC femme voices! my heart is bursting with love ๐Ÿ’• #Repost @writerstrust ใƒปใƒปใƒป @KamaLaMackerel is a 2021 #DayneOgilvie Prize for #LGBTQ2S+ #EmergingWriters fianlist! $10,000 winner announced online June 23. writerstrust.com/DayneOgilvie โ€œKama La Mackerelโ€™s #poetry is a sensuous and fiercely political exploration of gender, familial love, and the intergenerational impacts of colonization. Their multilingual, lyrical poems entrance with hypnotic rhythm and tell a story that spans decades and borders. La Mackerel captures the power of connections maintained in spite of the blunt, relentless pain of distance. Wooing the reader with a carefully orchestrated, gentle lapping of words, they then jolt us with earned, splashy staccatos of euphoria.โ€ โ€” 2021 Dayne Ogilvie Prize jury (Daniel Allen Cox, Eva Crocker, and Danny Ramadan) Kama La Mackerel is a #MauritianCanadian multi-disciplinary artist, educator, writer, community arts facilitator, and literary translator. La Mackerel has exhibited and performed their work internationally and their #writing in English, French, and #Kreol has appeared in publications both online and in print. In 2020, their debut #poetrycollection #ZOMFAM was named a best #bookofpoetry by CBC, a #bestbook debut by The Globe and Mail, and was shortlisted for the Concordia University #FirstBook Prize. La Mackerel lives in tioโ€™tia:ke (#Montreal). (at Writers' Trust of Canada) https://www.instagram.com/p/CPV8P1onnHR/?utm_medium=tumblr
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kamalamackerel ยท 3 years ago
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It's been a year since ZOM-FAM has been out into the world. I had only one dream for this poetry: That she would make her way into people's hearts. (Well two dreams: I also *really* wanted this book to make the CBC books preview list 'coz I have lil'immigrant dreams like that, y'know?) ๐ŸŒธ๐ŸŒŠ The way these stories have been received in the world has exceeded all my expectations: It not only made the CBC books preview list, but became a CBC Best Book of Poetry, a Globe & Mail Best Book Debut, a finalist for both the QWF Concordia University First Book Award and the Writers' Trust of Canada Dayne Ogilvie Prize! ๐Ÿ’ซ๐ŸŒฑ #ZOMFAM has also been featured on CBC Books, CBC Arts, Radio-Canada, CityNews, Fugues, Revue Jeu, Spirale, Autostraddle, Xtra & so much more, with reviews in Canthius, Arc, Montreal Review of Books, Room, & World Literature Today called it "a milestone in Mauritian literature." It's presently being taught in universities in the UK, the US and Canada ๐Ÿ˜ญโœจ In January, ZOM-FAM went into its 2nd print run, which I still can't believe. This means that 1,000+ copies of this book have made their way onto people's bookshelves ๐Ÿคฏ๐Ÿคฏ But more than anything, the greatest joy has been when the book landed in Mauritius this July. This was the true homecoming. True, expansive joy, like I never thought possible โ™ฅ๏ธ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿ’š So gratitude is in order: first of all for my wonderful, dedicated & diligent publishers @metonymypress. For all the indie bookstores that have stocked & promoted this book (& the many who hosted me for online readings & talks!) For everyone who invited me to teach, read, meet students, run workshops! Everybody who has read, shared, reviewed, made an IG story & generally celebrated this poetry in their life. This means so much ๐ŸŒป๐Ÿ™๐Ÿพ @aun_li & Kai Yun Ching, again, for this dreamy cover that still takes my breath away ๐Ÿ˜˜๐Ÿ˜ And all the queer, trans & racialized writers out there who supported me over the past year, taught me the ropes of "the industry," supported me so I could sustain myself through this journey & still find joy, & still remain true to myself, my heart, my values. THANK YOU! ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ’ซ๐ŸŒฑ๐Ÿ’– Photo credit: @___sel_de_mer https://www.instagram.com/p/CT5t6NvLtKM/?utm_medium=tumblr
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kamalamackerel ยท 4 years ago
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Here are a few stills from ๐ฆ๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง, from my new video project developed in partnership with video-artist extraordinaire, Alejandro de Leon, and supported by the @canada.council #DigitalOriginal grant. In this series of video capsules, we take inspiration from my debut poetry collection ZOM-FAM (@metonymypress) to create a decolonial and queer poetic universe captured & expressed through the moving image. Working with video as a (new) medium was particularly stimulating as it allowed me to draw from my fields of practice in performance, visual arts and spoken word to create a new interdisciplinary world for the poetry to inhabit. You can order #ZOMFAM from your local bookstores anywhere in Canada, US and Europe! #video #videography #videoart #poem #poetry #poet #poetrycommunity #poetsofinstagram #poetsofig #artist #artistic #artistsoninstagram #artists #artistsofinstagram #artistlife #literature #visualart #qtbipoc #bipoc #gay #queer #trans #transgender #oneofthem #montreal #mauritius #lamackerel #kamalamackerel (at Montreal, Quebec) https://www.instagram.com/p/CO0MeHVH7ik/?igshid=kpykwnw88pnc
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Last year, thanks to the @canada.council #DigitalOriginal grant, I had the opportunity of exploring video as a creative medium. I partnered with Mexican-Canadian video-artist Alejandro de Leon, and together we started developing a series of video capsules inspired by my debut poetry collection ZOM-FAM (@metonymypress) Finding ways to articulate poetry through the moving image has been a very exciting process. The medium demanded that I reimagine my relationship to my current fields of practice so that my background in performance, visual arts and spoken word could merge into a new form altogether. Developing video work is a slow process. We do hope to exhibit this project in its full scope sometime in the next year or so. But for now, here are some video stills from from the piece ๐’†๐’™๐’Š๐’”๐’•๐’†๐’๐’„๐’† ๐’‚๐’” ๐’ˆ๐’†๐’๐’…๐’†๐’“ ๐’”๐’–๐’“๐’—๐’Š๐’—๐’‚๐’๐’„๐’†. [You can order #ZOMFAM from your local bookstores anywhere in Canada, US and Europe!] #video #videography #videoart #poem #poetry #poet #poetrycommunity #poetsofinstagram #poetsofig #artist #artistic #artistsoninstagram #artists #artistsofinstagram #artistlife #literature #visualart #qtbipoc #bipoc #gay #queer #trans #transgender #oneofthem #montreal #mauritius #lamackerel #kamalamackerel (at Montreal, Quebec) https://www.instagram.com/p/COvI1PSnnbv/?igshid=10tya5scfmqfy
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