I’ve officially self-published my first poetry book. It’s available here for purchase.

“Wind Words is a collection of travel poems inspired by nature and written in an endeavor to capture the many movements of the seasons and the lives of those who inhabit them. In her verse, Magenta explores love and lust, grounding and grieving, history and home using the imagery of the natural world as a catalyst for her own human experience. This first self-published collection includes 50 poems. These poems were written over the course of a decade and gathered here in hopes of preserving their impact not only on Magenta herself, but also her readers.”

Beading changed my life. It allowed me to come back home to myself. It allowed me to start a journey of healing - a journey if reconnecting to my own body.

A R T H E A L S
regardless the medium... I'm so grateful I have found mine. I commit fully to this art, and I'm excited to expand this positioning over time.

One day he came to our home with this crown. He said he found the Magpie up in a tree, perfectly preserved and passed of natural causes. He harvested the wings and transformed them into this beautiful piece, in recognition of my name and as a marker of my transition into womanhood.

We carry the pain
of our grandmothers.
Both bare feet grow
down into earth,
rooted in the
overfilled compost
of maternal ancestors
and their histories.
These shaking legs
are on fire
as we stand tall
to shoulder stories
of the mistreated
and the violated.

The sage in this photo is from my hometown of Hamilton, Montana. I returned to this home last week, and rebooted my whole system.

I've carried stress and pressure that accumulated for months. And, with my bare feet in the Montana earth, I was able to decompress this load.

I return back to my San Diego home with a reignited energy.

I stand for this earth and its innate healing abilities.
I stand for health of all people.
I stand for black lives, indigenous rights, and gender equality & fluidity.
I stand for discomfort.

I get to return to the land where my family harvests these incredible animals. From here, I am able to bring home some elk meat from last year's hunt. I have three mule deer hides (my favorite to work with) salted and ready for the tanning process. And I will have a rejuvenated energy straight from source.

There is a return to self when we are stripped of all the energies and chaos that pile up around us - those which push down on our freedom to BE. When there is so much influence directing our thoughts, our feelings, our bodies, we max out and let go.

When that influence is released, it is met with a gentle reminder that we are now raw. We are now released of context and free to rebuild in whichever direction we choose. We are re-empowered to create the world around us, and within us.