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What if care is the work?
When you do deeper digging, there isn’t much pedagogy around care outside of healthcare.
Alexis Aceves Garcia • What if care is the work?
This project is inspired by the transformative power of intimate gatherings. Most of my transformation has happened in intimate group settings where my care is prioritized.
Alexis Aceves Garcia • What if care is the work?
oftentimes when folks think about existing in groups, their self sort of gets lost. But, actually, caring for yourself—and, maybe, reinventing the individual narrative that has been so Americanized into something that’s going to contribute to the group’s care—is what I’m getting at.
Alexis Aceves Garcia • What if care is the work?
“structureless structure” is in place so that a good amount of agency and experience-making can happen. When I say experience making, I mean, how open is the space? I have no interest in curating an experience based on what I want folks to take away from their respite,
Alexis Aceves Garcia • What if care is the work?
When we focus on building new models of moving through the world that do not rely on violence and genocide to function, that is abolition at work.
Alexis Aceves Garcia • What if care is the work?
we do have the energy and the capacity to divest from these violent realities and to recalibrate by stepping through these access points.
Alexis Aceves Garcia • What if care is the work?
I see an experiment with care as an untapped resource with the potential to undo capitalism.
Alexis Aceves Garcia • What if care is the work?
This is also a form of abolition—how do we figure out how to let people be free by prioritizing their needs and getting clear about what is going to make someone feel safe in a space?
Alexis Aceves Garcia • What if care is the work?
I also love that self-care is care for all. I think that one is pretty straightforward. If I’m showing up cared for, if I’m showing up embodied and at ease, that’s the energy that I’m bringing to the room and that’s the kind of experience that I’m going to illuminate for others.