https://www.macayla.info/blog daily 0.75 2022-05-18 https://www.macayla.info/blog/the-intimacy-of-expressing-what-we-want monthly 0.5 2022-05-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608a2211983f216c246329a9/283d0db3-0306-4c97-b34c-9a903a13c517/intimacy-of-expressing-embroidery.jpg Blog - The intimacy of expressing what we want - I am pushing against capitalist conditioning and fear (not always successfully) because I think it is so worth it to cultivate intimacy and connection! I invite you to consider doing the same. 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Taken on Lək̓ʷəŋən Territory. https://www.macayla.info/blog/believe-us monthly 0.5 2021-09-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608a2211983f216c246329a9/1632675469728-ASI1ZPJBL4JXVX02OK6J/believe+us.jpg Blog - Believe Us - My artwork seeks to counter the dehumanizing effects of racism and white supremacy. I hand stitched faces inspired by my friends and younger cousin surrounded by blossoms to celebrate the fullness of our humanity and beauty as people of the global majority. 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The left face is brown with blonde curly hair and the right face is light with purple hair tied back into a bun. https://www.macayla.info/blog/proposal-energetic-reparations monthly 0.5 2021-08-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608a2211983f216c246329a9/1626123009147-NHEACV24E2U8WLLL4BPH/butterfly+on+white+flower+with+snake+plants+in+the+background.JPG Blog - A modest proposal for energetic reparations - “The essence of justice is the redistribution of gains earned through the perpetration of injustice. If restitution is not made and reparations not instituted to compensate for prior injustices, those injustices are in effect rewarded.” ~ Dr. Amos Wilson https://www.macayla.info/blog/i-love-my-intersections monthly 0.5 2021-06-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608a2211983f216c246329a9/1623018550952-I54X0R3N1ZK4DLFSMLVS/incense+coil.JPG Blog - I love the intersection of my social locations + counselling practice - Incense coil from a relative’s home in my 婆婆 village (中山). Elder Dr. Skip Dick (Songhees) said, “I know my family and I know my land. I can go anywhere in the world and know I belong somewhere.” https://www.macayla.info/blog/anti-racist-blogging monthly 0.5 2021-05-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608a2211983f216c246329a9/1621231118912-52E4TRZ656ACB2ER53ZW/camas+plant.jpg Blog - Anti-Racist Blogging - Kwetlal / camas on lək̓ʷəŋən Territory. This Indigenous plant is currently in bloom! For thousands of years, local Nations, including the lək̓ʷəŋən Peoples, cultivated and harvested kwetlal / camas and ate the nutritious bulb that grows underground. Please be careful not to tread on these significant plants. 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It is available for free to download and/or print and also comes with a facilitation guide. You can find it at growthandsolidarity.ca/zine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608a2211983f216c246329a9/1621235459216-PSSGY5KX2OAWW22UO6GX/camas+plant.jpg Resources Camas flowers on Lək̓ʷəŋən Territory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608a2211983f216c246329a9/1619667250023-03ALQVTS6Z81FRFXWPBJ/Cultivating+Growth+and+Solidarity+Zine+cover.png Resources - Cultivating Growth and Solidarity Last year, I co-created an accessible and interactive anti-racism zine for Asians. It is available for free to download and/or print and also comes with a facilitation guide. You can find it at growthandsolidarity.ca/zine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608a2211983f216c246329a9/e364ba41-33b4-4919-b511-f84a59fd0696/The+Abundance+Collective+Logo.png Resources https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608a2211983f216c246329a9/1619679077589-V9HJGNHSD28W1M8XB6Y6/Local+Coast+Salish+Place+Names.jpg Resources https://www.macayla.info/workshops daily 0.75 2024-04-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608a2211983f216c246329a9/b6932f88-aa98-4ad8-9dfa-6f98b91510cf/tender+textiles+poster.jpg Workshop Facilitation The poster for tender textiles, a free three-part workshop on embroidery, self-care, mental wellness, community, & intersectionality for youth that occurred in August 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608a2211983f216c246329a9/7ed67e44-893d-45bf-ba42-fbb517ab4b77/Screen+Shot+2021-11-08+at+19.16.13.png Workshop Facilitation Title slide for a workshop called Anti-Racism Inside & Outside the Therapeutic Relationship for Adler Graduate Professional School https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608a2211983f216c246329a9/ffba92c1-dae3-4ec3-841d-352ea6a48384/Screen+Shot+2021-04-28+at+22.48.08.png Workshop Facilitation The poster for a webinar about Cultivating Growth and Solidarity: An Anti-Racism Zine for Asian Youth (And Adults Too) that was part of the School of Child & Youth Care's Community Wellness Series and occurred in March 2021 https://www.macayla.info/counselling daily 0.75 2026-03-09 https://www.macayla.info/contact daily 0.75 2022-10-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608a2211983f216c246329a9/f1d61546-70dc-4609-ab55-ea45f11b9206/macayla.jpg About me & contact Macayla on Lək̓ʷəŋən Territory Photo by Trison N. https://www.macayla.info/embroidery daily 0.75 2021-05-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608a2211983f216c246329a9/e3320087-969d-4ca4-8588-d5a2917b2c55/IMG_5230.jpeg Embroidery "to know where you're going, learn where you come from" (2018) [commission] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608a2211983f216c246329a9/b9aae3cd-bc39-443a-b58e-3c0baa649474/IMG_7957.jpeg Embroidery "MAY LOVE FROM MY ANCESTORS COME TO YOU" (2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608a2211983f216c246329a9/6636f3a6-9bfb-4543-addb-2447c805e69a/Groundwork+-+Emily+Thiessen+%26+Macayla+Yan.png Embroidery Roots and Leaves (2020) collaboration with Emily Thiessen [published in groundwork, 2021] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608a2211983f216c246329a9/1619743156390-9DJSV7TQCCIKVFB03DB3/IMG-0962.jpg Embroidery "ᐊᔭᐱᐤ" ayapiw // they are home (2018) [trade] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608a2211983f216c246329a9/1619744744625-IBFUALBA03M92N2Y868U/IMG-0337.jpg Embroidery "the loon cries out & dives down into a galaxy of stars" (2020) [trade] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608a2211983f216c246329a9/30e3fc7b-d2e2-4a37-86fe-a793d7cdc405/IMG_5823.jpeg Embroidery "this community wouldn't be the same without you" (2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608a2211983f216c246329a9/63df08b1-f203-47eb-aa54-46564d843072/IMG_5245.jpeg Embroidery "this is a gentle reminder to tend to yourself" Upile Chisala (2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608a2211983f216c246329a9/32772f03-6a22-4588-a2c0-64c662cbc62e/IMG-6839.JPG Embroidery "heal the land heal the people" (2020) [land defence fundraiser] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608a2211983f216c246329a9/d145105a-99e4-4f6e-b088-4465accbbd18/IMG-0806.jpeg Embroidery Fawn lily (2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608a2211983f216c246329a9/1619728008705-1YHW7BH8LXBM5PXQDWRQ/IMG-0809.jpg Embroidery Seablush (2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608a2211983f216c246329a9/64e8939f-1ea1-46a2-a20a-e7c94c9ae7f7/IMG_3813+%281%29.jpeg Embroidery "let's build a garden together" (2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608a2211983f216c246329a9/1f9e7020-390e-4cd1-92c5-de55e8f7ea96/image_67168001.jpeg Embroidery "we have always been artists" (2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608a2211983f216c246329a9/37a5ec30-c8af-4680-8b6e-264299494660/IMG_3961+%281%29.jpeg Embroidery "i want to thank me for believing in me" Snoop Dogg (2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608a2211983f216c246329a9/efddb2f6-c462-454d-8872-4a507cd30086/IMG_4069+%281%29.jpeg Embroidery "there is light in darkness. you just have to find it." Audre Lorde (2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608a2211983f216c246329a9/cbf03b67-6f71-4ecb-bc91-90174c6ecb51/IMG-0473.jpeg Embroidery "#1 麻雀玩家" (2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608a2211983f216c246329a9/a2772e69-1d4f-4fc8-8678-5d50f83f9450/IMG-0899.jpeg Embroidery Watermelon earrings (2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608a2211983f216c246329a9/6e3d1ff5-16a5-43f8-bba3-b1cb5b69ae0d/IMG_8339.jpeg Embroidery Pink floral earrings (2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608a2211983f216c246329a9/ce4af57a-d540-49be-9ff6-6a657ed040ab/IMG-0158.jpeg Embroidery Orange earrings (2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608a2211983f216c246329a9/69ba075c-f1c1-4275-ad12-2dd1441d7c0c/IMG-0207.jpeg Embroidery Strawberry earrings (2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608a2211983f216c246329a9/1619740728001-W23CKG4W4FWN44DTWZ63/IMG-0332.jpg Embroidery Liliac earrings (2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608a2211983f216c246329a9/1619740765902-XICA13SQO71UYLQUDE92/IMG-0185.jpg Embroidery Cherry earrings (2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608a2211983f216c246329a9/837d0a8e-b303-42b3-9981-6ac1299c880a/IMG_8273.jpeg Embroidery Scallop shell earrings (2020) https://www.macayla.info/knit-crochet daily 0.75 2021-04-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608a2211983f216c246329a9/ca6f1b93-1cba-4b72-affe-185faa3fd510/IMG-0356.jpeg Knit & Crochet Crochet honeycomb blanket (2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608a2211983f216c246329a9/f825d692-a32c-4b26-8eab-a127502d2c83/IMG_4424.jpeg Knit & Crochet Crochet blanket for Alaska (2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608a2211983f216c246329a9/1d4afd24-a9ba-4bbf-8018-437651c8c2d6/IMG_9792.jpeg Knit & Crochet Crochet lap blanket (2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608a2211983f216c246329a9/f5280f4c-1a08-4363-ae21-7da2d728546b/IMG-1022.jpeg Knit & Crochet Brioche lattice knit scarf (2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608a2211983f216c246329a9/7165a96c-8ddb-4351-a107-8a20eb6046b7/IMG-0753.jpeg Knit & Crochet Brioche lattice knit scarf (2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608a2211983f216c246329a9/f48fbfb9-526e-427d-87c3-74460a48ba78/IMG_7568.jpeg Knit & Crochet Tunisian crochet (2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608a2211983f216c246329a9/1d5a8abf-8032-425c-8e0c-8e5862200f56/IMG_7434.jpeg Knit & Crochet Crochet blanket (2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608a2211983f216c246329a9/5ce1a172-5104-44ef-90df-2250f3c3fad2/image_16846081.jpeg Knit & Crochet Crochet hat with hole and drawstring for ponytail (2021) [commission] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608a2211983f216c246329a9/c6edbe89-5f69-49f0-a39d-88664a5bb261/IMG-1024.jpeg Knit & Crochet Seamless knit hat (2021) https://www.macayla.info/other-art daily 0.75 2021-04-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608a2211983f216c246329a9/30563a00-c98e-474d-8eaf-f1f2a7171197/IMG_4155.jpeg Other Art Ocean weaving (2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608a2211983f216c246329a9/112f750f-5c31-4ed9-99dc-29f823b05298/IMG_5091+%281%29.jpeg Other Art Bound book - spine (2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608a2211983f216c246329a9/9957840a-16ae-436f-ad77-64d32114e3bb/IMG_5093+%281%29.jpeg Other Art Bound book - inside (2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608a2211983f216c246329a9/6313d117-40d1-4138-a49c-6fb708c03a64/IMG_7087.jpeg Other Art Stay cozy and plant stamps (2020) https://www.macayla.info/subscribe daily 0.75 2021-05-17 https://www.macayla.info/slow-down-zine daily 0.75 2021-12-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608a2211983f216c246329a9/1626238833150-L8PALE7N83848GWH084R/slow+down+zine+cover.png slow down: a zine for helpers on navigating saviourism https://www.macayla.info/slow-down-zine-references daily 0.75 2021-08-08 https://www.macayla.info/slow-down-plain-text daily 0.75 2021-08-07 https://www.macayla.info/links daily 0.75 2022-10-19 https://www.macayla.info/consultation daily 0.75 2025-03-12