Reflection by Danielle Lucero

2026-01-01Johnny Ortiz

 

Johnny posts a picture of a room built from the very land it sits on, with twelve seats at a candlelit table. Through this image, I am transported back to the /shed recoleccion (dinner), where connections were nourished, and I could imagine a return to the most essential parts of my community, myself, and eternal time. /shed is more than a dinner, it is an offering to forge our ways back to our own source. 


To understand eternal time is to recognize our relational position within the infinite. /shed creates a critical moment to experience this connection through the ceremony of sharing a meal.


Dinner began with a simple yet profound action: Taos spring water. Without water, we cannot exist. By presenting this, /shed opens the threshold, giving the space its own life for the night. This is intentional, as Johnny and Maida express that each ...

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