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Rivulet Responses

Prompt: Share a memory of & or vision for one of the following spaces:

MISSISSIPPI RIVER

  • MISSISSIPPI RIVER -
    LOGS STUCK ALONG PIERS
    TRASH MOVING FAST
    BIRDS SCREECHING ON THE WHARFS
    THE CREOLE QUEEN
    SUNSET LIGHTING UP THE CITY
    MARDI GRAS DAY — POLICE BOATS IDLING WITH HEAVY DUTY MACHINE GUNS.
    EVERYONE IN COSTUME HAVING THE BEST TIME.

  • I spend time on the Mississippi communing with ancestors + my orisha. I love seeing other offerings in the space.

  • Mississippi River —-> would like to see a clean, respected river recognized as a wonder of nature instead of used as a toilet for most of the country.

  • I remember washing my feet in the Mississippi

  • Moved to New Orleans in Dec 21 and since I didn’t know anybody I decided to go to Crescent Park to watch the fireworks on the river to bring in the New Year

  • el sol se está pomendo [setting], el río mississippi come con fuerza y calura, el agua está limpia y palestina es libre.

  • overflow and avulsion

  • The Mississippi River is what most drew me to New Orleans. I think of it as the heartbeat of the city. You can’t hear it without leaning in a little.

  • We were at the mississippi river on mardi gras day, during all of memorials and scattering of ashes. I brought a pack of unfiltered camels to remember someone who passed that year and used to chain smoke them. It was too many unfiltered camels.

  • My friend Kensey, an awesome visual artist etc and I sat on the steps by the MoonWalk…As he mesmerized the folks with his impromptu magic show a tug boat passed and washed away the HEAT!!

  • Mississippi River AND Claiborne

       I remember running across to find you, to scoop you up in my arms so that we could find peace by         the water. I remember watch the colors of your face through the window tints on the passing cars. I         remember thinking how beautiful you are, in ripples on the water. This is our home.

  • a river so clean we can swim + eat safely from it

  • love the clay that lines the river. Magical in all its variations. Sometimes pure bentonite like lotion. Sometimes mixed with sand stiff or squishy. I always have to touch it

  • HALLOWEEN 2022 — MY GIRLFRIEND AT THE TIME & I WERE PRETTY SURE WE HAD BEEN CURSED BY A FORMER FRIEND — ON THAT NIGHT WHEN THE VEIL IS THIN, WE WENT TO THE HOLY CROSS LEVEE TO PUT SOME MEMENTOS OF THEIRS IN THE RIVER, IN HOPES THAT WE COULD ALL LET GO OF THE PAINFUL THREAD BINDING US. AFTER WE FINISHED OUR RITUAL, WE LOOKED OUT ACROSS THE INDUSTRIAL CANAL TO SEE A SINGLE SHADOWY FIGURE STANDING AT THE WATER’S EDGE, WATCHING. IDK WHY BUT I’M SURE IT WAS A GHOST.
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LINCOLN BEACH​

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  • Visiting Lincoln Beach with my late mentor five years ago. I got to share an experience with her that was momentous for her, and so for me…

  • AFTER A STRONG STINT OF DEPRESSION, I SPENT A LOT OF SEPTEMBER MEDITATING AT LINCOLN BEACH. IT’S WHERE I HAD GOTTEN A LOT OF NEW IDEAS, WHERE I REFOUND MYSELF.

  • My Boyfriend had his Bday party on Lincoln Beach (2012ish) and we swam all night and caught clams (but didn’t eat them) had a bonfire and lived a peaceful loving time

  • Filming in rubber yellow atop a giant rubber ducky at Lincoln Beach as a gator swims by

  • nadar sale en lincoln beach y perderme en el destello del agua y la luz de su atardecer. sambullirme y renacer.

  • my good good friend took me to Lincoln Beach, like 2022 maybe. We enjoyed ourselves, lol

  • conviviendo en Lincoln Beach — agua dulce y limpia, fruta fresca, musica, alegria, y niños riendose. Nuestras comunidades alegres y libres.

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CONGO SQUARE

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  • Love showing my art in Congo Square as impromptu exhibition feels feral & indigenous and lovely

  • After months of unhappiness, I finally had a quiet, happy morning @ Congo Square. Thank you for the peace.

  • The rhythms are not square, Neither is the legacy. In what Direction are We headed?

  • everyday life happening on the street. humanity sound. just like I home in Brazil.

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CLAIBORNE AVENUE

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  • CLAIBORNE AVE FEELS LIKE HOME. AS A TRANSPLANT LEARNING TO NAVIGATE THE CITY, CLAIBORNE BECAME MY NORTH STAR. IF I COULD MAKE IT THERE, I KNEW I SOULD BE ABLE TO FIND MY WAY HOME.

  • Claiborne Ave with no interstate + a thriving Black community around beautiful old trees

  • clean

       safe
       community

  • used to get on my cousin shoulders under the Claiborne bridge during Mardi Gras

  • Claiborne Avenue, 2003 Buick, Gas Pump, Freddy

       Q: Have you tried red bull? [passing can]
       A: [Lie]: No.

  • The first time I got hit by a car while riding my bike was Claiborne & Esplanade

  • the motorcycles under the bridge:

       The constant sound on sundays on claiborne!

  • CONSTRUCTION

      CONSTRUCTION
      ROAD WORK
      ROAD WORK
      MEN AT WORK

  • Reclaim Claiborne into a Massive Open Market for the people of New Orleans

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​CITYWIDE

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  • ​IT WAS MARDI GRAS, OUR FIRST ONE SINCE YOU DIED. THIS YEAR THERE WAS NO ONE TO DRAG US DOWN TO SKULL + BONE IMPOSSIBLY EARLY. WE WERE TIRED AND COULDN’T MOBILIZE AS READILY AS WE’D HAVE LIKED TO. BUT FINALLY WE MADE OUR WAY DOWN THERE PAST NOON, AND WE FELT YOU IN EVERY INCH OF GROUND AS IT RUMBLED IN THE PARADE OF EVERYTHING. THIS WILL MAKE SENSE TO NO ONE, BUT IT DOESN’T NEED TO. WE MISS YOU.

  • This city was my hell, I hated how hard life was, but then my neighbors became my friends, and friends became family. Mardi Gras became my Christmas. I might not be from here but I’ll die here.

  • Thoughts…Beauty, History, Energy, Hope, Gratefulness, Positive Vibes

  • NO GENTRIFICATION
    NO POLLUTION IN WATER
    LIFT UP NATIVE NEW ORLEANS RESIDENTS + BUSINESSES
    KEEP IT CHILL (the big easy)

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