“Someone gave it to me, it’s an actual chicken leg dipped in melted gold. I was like, cool, I’m about it. That’s a random gift. ⠀ ⠀ I’m the festival manager for this company. I travel around the world putting up this booth. ⠀ ⠀ I don’t have to worry about anything but being me, so it’s pretty great. It allows me to have no care for anything except exactly what I want. I can look how I want, do what I want, have fun and make good money.”

Lightning in a Bottle 2018

Traveled from Portland, Oregon

Lightning in a Bottle 2018

Lake San Antonio

Bradley, California

“I’m a dancer, and I always look at movement. If I watch someone dance or walk for five minutes, I can mimic it because it’s so specific. And I can tell who people are from very far away. Not because I have great eyesight, but because of their movement and body language. ⠀ ⠀ Everybody has their own movement pattern. Even if they’re trying to copy someone else. It’s unique and sometimes it’s different, depending on what they’re feeling in that moment. Maybe they’re feeling really confident, maybe they’re feeling kind of shy. ⠀ ⠀ It’s like each person’s signature.”

Lightning in a Bottle 2018

Lightning in a Bottle 2018

Traveled from Manhattan Beach, California

Lightning in a Bottle 2018

Lake San Antonio

Bradley, California

“Tattoos are permanent reminders of temporary interest. That’s why I learned tattooing for four years. ⠀ ⠀ But I’m not a tattoo artist anymore. I’ve done many things in my life. That’s what I like. You can always try something different—there’s no set direction. ⠀ ⠀ I know quite a few people where it’s been intensely beneficial to set specific direction and succeed, with great stress. But I find it better for myself to just do whatever I’m doing.”

Lightning in a Bottle 2018

Lightning in a Bottle 2018

 

Traveled from Nevada City, California

Lightning in a Bottle 2018

Lake San Antonio

Bradley, California

“My passion right now is creating space for people to completely be themselves. Having nothing to do with me—I want them to feel comfortable shining. ⠀ ⠀ Our bodies hold so much cellular memory. When we do breathwork, it brings it all up. And sometimes we can’t even associate a story with what comes up. ⠀ ⠀ It’s all these emotions and feelings and rawness we don’t know what to do with. We just have to feel it, and let it go. And then it’s not ours anymore.”

Lightning in a Bottle 2018

Lightning in a Bottle 2018⠀

 

Traveled from Nevada City, California

Lightning in a Bottle 2018

Lake San Antonio

Bradley, California

“I’m Cherokee. Since I was a little girl, my mom has called me Feather. It kind of just followed me, the feather spirit. Now, I’m working with the medicines of the feather. Dialing into our wild natures. We are birds of a feather, wings of the serpent. It’s really powerful. I have girls telling me that the feathers have given them free life spirit. It warms my heart.”

Oregon Eclipse Gathering 2017

Traveled from Ashland, Oregon

Oregon Eclipse Gathering 2017

Big Summit Prairie

Ochoco National Forest, Oregon

“My creations are like medicine for people, so they can heal. Everything is channeled. It’s not even made. It’s my hands moving. I just relax and let it go through my body. To me, it’s more than just an artist doing work. It’s almost shamanic. When I put the lightning bolt, it’s coming from the ether, coming from the sky.”

Oregon Eclipse Gathering 2017

Traveled from Berkley, California

Oregon Eclipse Gathering 2017

Big Summit Prairie

Ochoco National Forest, Oregon