a note on themes & engaging with this text

During the summer of 2023, I started working with an assemblage of writing and other forms associated with grief and the relationship between loss and survival that took on the name We the Lake. The project was completed in 2025 with a group Grief Release ritual. This exploration is offered in three parts:

The Lake is a series of records gathered from an open call for grief. Individual contributions were formed together each month to create a collage of endurance in time. 

Meet Me at the Center of the Bridge carries a series of collaborations and conversations initiated as part of this project. Though these exchanges often originate from spaces of loss, their work is finding what comes after, what evolution can be undergone through deep engagement with grief. 

The squares below the bridge comprise a series of experimental conversations on grief, loss, healing, and death that occurred between 2020 and 2025 as part of Sema.

We the Lake is offered with the hope of nurturing openness, connection, and relief inside of questions that do not have answers. I hope you might find some reflection or comfort or renewal here, and space to share your own understanding. Please take care when engaging with these texts, keeping in mind the themes they explore.