Naomi Gracechild

A quick and healthy reminder that social media only offers a curated view of each others' lives. Someone commented to me the other day that my life seems "xyz" which caught me off guard before I remembered we hadn't actually seen each other in real life for a few years and that their perception was based solely on my posts. In real life, I have been navigating the painful lessons of what it means to fail at something I put my entire heart and soul into, something that was perhaps too...

OFFERING CALABASH # 1 Naomi Grace, 2026 10" x 11" x 5.5"mixed media sculpture Calabash is a sacred plant across the African diaspora. In addition to its many practical uses including as a vessel for eating, drinking and cooking, it is also found in ritual representing the womb, creation, ancestral connection and the containment of divine wisdom. This altar piece is intended as an offering and/or prayer bowl and incorporates Ghanaian calabash, Kenyan cowrie shells, annatto-infused damar glaze...

Tonight marks the first new moon of 2026, coinciding with a solar eclipse and celebrations across several traditions (Lunar New Year of the Horse, Mardi Gras, Ramadan, Lent). This is a time for new beginnings, revolution, clarity of vision and momentum.  The salvation we have awaited is here, not through an external savior but an active remembering from within. It is clear that we have struggled to survive a world of imbalance and confusion now barely hanging on by a thread.  The refrain of...