born in Olongapo, flerine crystal cruz WILLIAMS is a polymath of capricorn sun + leo moon inspired by NATURE + CULTURE. she is a global ARTIST + leader + ACADEMIC balancing life, death, love and work in LAS VEGAS.

 

 

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“The purpose of art is to lay bare the questions that have been hidden by the answers.”

— James Baldwin

VISION: a paradigm of abundance and kinship for community care, inspired by indigenous practices

 

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pamumuno

“[…] a spirit appears —and the babaylan learns about herself and her destiny in bliss. But she must decide whether to be a sorceress, a healer or a combination of both, and return to earth to fulfill her mission”

— Joyce Dorado Alegre

VALUES: be a good character, make good decisions, practice good karma

 

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akademiya

“I’m gonna look in a mirror each time I pass one
and smile at my image sayin’.
‘Yeah, sister, it ain’t easy,
but move on beautifully past it.
Keep holdin’ your head higher
‘cause your best is yet to come.’
I’m gonna take me seriously.
Today.
Now.
And study myself.”

— Ruth E. Carter

MISSION: intergenerational healing

 
 

In the indigenous Filipino animist world view, THE SEVEN REALMS – the underground, the earth, the oceans, the sky, spirit realm of our anitos and ancestors, the planetary realm, and the cosmos – are realms that the Babaylan is able to access and mediate. These interconnected realms can be accessed and can animate us through our relationship with the Land as the place where our bodies live and breathe. For many of us in the diaspora, we already glimpse this through the symbolic or literal returns we make to the homeland.“
— DR. LENY MENDOZA STROBEL