In this difficult year, I keep returning to something Jada said to me over the summer, that if people were more invested in compassion as a political strategy, the world could change in wild and radical ways. In my memory of this moment we were standing next to the ocean. Sometimes life passes in an indescribable series of tides and shocking violence and sometimes it can be broken down into nouns and actions. The light was bright. The water was cold as we held hands. The photos are smears of passing shapes, faces, hands, feet, houses and they have simple meanings: we were here, we loved one another, some days we felt sad or angry, we lived on earth. Meanwhile we are distracted sliding salal leaves onto a piece of grass.

Ame Morrison is a photographer and social practice artist who uses a camera to explore community care, intimacy and embodied trans experience. Their recent research focuses on the emotional roots of political polarization and non-violent strategies for imagining a new world together. Their work has been shown at several galleries in the Pacific Northwest, The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art and the Millenium Film Workshop in Brooklyn, NY. They hold a BFA in Art Practice with a Minor in Film Studies from the Portland State Honors College.

contact: ame-projection@gmail.com