Wild Things ATX

An apocalypse is here.

I spend some days not knowing what to do, some days doing nothing, some days doing a lot but not sure it’s the right thing or the right amount. All that I know to be true is the wild ones know what’s up, and so does this cyclical rhythm housed inside me. I know that if I can deepen my relationship with those things, I can get closer to answering the heavy question, “what the hell am I supposed to be doing right now as society crumbles?”

On Sunday I attended a webinar with Adrienne Marie Brown, Sonya Renee Taylor and Jessica Lanyadoo and 3000 other folks called “Joy in the Apocalypse.” I bet we wouldn’t have shown up if we didn’t all believe it’s possible to feel anger and grief and fear while also finding joy and love and community. It sparked clarity in me that we need to gather now. We need to build our inner knowing and outer support systems while we still can.

Exactly two moon cycles from tonight is the start of the new Wild Things program:
🌗Moon Tracking - cyclical, holistic, apocalypse prep 🌓

Wilderness skills mixed with relational and personal skills. Tracking the cycles within and around to see if there are any patterns that point toward revolution 🌈

More at the link in bio!

As the robins join the morning chorus with their evening song, I feel hope that we can all be together through the death of these oppressive systems and maybe even the birth of something new ✊

NEW PROJECT DROP! 🌈

Looking for a nature connected, creative, artistic, silly, super gay summer project???

Love art, birds, puns, zines, inclusivity, laughing, qu**rs, and/or collaboration?!?

I have an idea!!!! I want to co-create a funny /but also educational field guide of common Austin backyard birds.

Inspired by the book “Effin Birds” by Aaron Reynolds, I want to highlight the q***rness of some silly little guys while also dishing out some real local birding info 🦉

I need someone good at research because I want to figure out how to make the book tactile for Blind and/or DeafBlind folks to enjoy. I hear it can be done with a 3D printer!

Funny people, people good at drawing, nice people, weird people, ridiculous people, people that dream big, and ornithologists would all be great too🌈✨🦆

Hit me up if you wanna make weird s**t with me,
Nichole
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Image descriptions:

1) graphic of several backyard birds. Text reads “help me create a tactile q***r birding guide of Austin. Seeking folks who:
-like making silly art
-love g**s and birds
-get stuff done
-have a 3D printing connection
-have made zines / books
-wanna help for any reason at all “

2) selfie of nichole in rainbow heart pjs

3) the cover of the book “Effin Birds - a field guide to identification “ by Aaron Reynolds. The bottom right corner has a drawing of a bird flying, wings and mouth open. Text above the bird reads “eat farts”

4) page from inside the book. Black and white drawing of a wren. Silly text about the bird being a “wrathful sparrow” who is always cranky and has steam blowing out of its ears

5. Another page from the book. Lots of jokes about a hipster bird that you can find listening to records and eating at a vegan juice bar

6. Nichole’s water color of a red shafted flicker. Yellow sticky note with joke ideas about the shafts and about pecking 😆

7. More sticky notes of bird ideas from nichole. Blue jays hating cops, cardinals and painted buntings being the gayest males, and wrens having flamboyant tails

8. Nichole colored pencil drawing of a sparrow