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Judy Lee

Showing women their true selves through transformative portraits and events so they can live with more authenticity, intention and purpose.

January 18, 2023

Annah’s Reaction to Name Story Portrait

Portraits can be powerful tools to help reflect to us our feelings about ourselves from the past,…

January 13, 2023

My Name Story exhibit featured on King 5

My Name Story project, as part of the Have You Eaten exhibit at Slip Gallery in Belltown, was…

January 1, 2023

My Name Story debut at Have You Eaten? exhibit

The project is debuting at the art exhibit called Have You Eaten* featuring 30 AAPI artists at Slip…

December 20, 2022

Do you belong to your name?

When I reflect back, I can understand why I didn’t change my name. I had no sense of self and was…

November 2, 2022

November is the month of REFLECTION

November is the month of REFLECTION when our bodies start slowing down as we head towards winter.…

October 27, 2022

From which part of you do you live?

When we are willing to face the parts of us that we don’t love, we dive deeper into ourselves until…

October 19, 2022

What does “normal” mean to you?

What if we were to let go of the idea of “normal”? Let’s gather together to share our stories of…

October 5, 2022

Mentoring Service: You have all the answers within you.

Mentoring Services is about walking beside you and creating the space you need to feel safe enough…

September 21, 2022

When you have big, overwhelming feelings to not so big things

Most of us are stuck in our childhood bodies that still hold all the trauma of our painful…

September 14, 2022

Do you only practice easy beauty?

Practicing difficult beauty within ourselves is important for feeling whole, practicing…

September 7, 2022

Getting comfortable being uncomfortable

It's important for us to occasionally do something that scares or challenges us, especially if we…

September 2, 2022

Who gave you your definition of “strong woman”?

Part of being on this journey of returning to our true selves starts with figuring out where we got…

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I finally got a chance for an evening out with gir I finally got a chance for an evening out with girlfriends to see @tanmeetsethimd talk about her book Joy is My Justice. She talked about joy, what it is, and how it's our birth right, especially for BIPOC folk. She explained why joy is especially important for us because "systems of oppression thrive when we do not."

After having spent the last five years in the space of hyper-individualized focused (and let's be honest, mostly white) wellness spaces and my desire to move away from that, Tanmeet's talk instead made me think about how we could create more joy as a collective in community centered spaces. What could that look like? I don't think it necessarily has to be all smiles and feeling good.

Tanmeet emphasized that joy could look like anything and that connection and deep gratitude for our capacity to feel (whatever that may be) was what joy looked liked to her. It's what joy looks like for me too. 

I think the work I put out tends to be so serious and oftentimes sad but I want to remind myself that they are also joyful because being able to connect to another's pain and seeing parts of ourselves in someone else is what makes us recognize our shared humanity. And that is a deeply joyful feeling. 

I'll be thinking about joy as a collective and I hope that rather than focusing exclusively on the self, we could all think about ways we can collectively learn to experience and share more joy too. 

#collectivejoy #communityjoy #redefiningjoy #bipocjoy #joyrevolution
Our family camping trip was a bust (noisy trains) Our family camping trip was a bust (noisy trains) so we checked into a hotel with a pool in Bellingham. I went into the prettiest plant store @babygreens.co. Sadly, I couldn't buy anything because of cats and no longer having a studio. My MIL is housing most of my plants and I gave a couple away to the person who took over my space. 

Working part-time (20-30 hrs) and summer in full swing (aka lots of soccer and trips)  means not having a lot of mental or time space to work on projects but I'm hoping to get back into it in the fall which is typically my season to feel energized and renewed. 

When is your season for renewal? For a lot of people January isn't it and like most things, we've got to follow our own timeline.

#yourtimeline #plantstores #bellinghamwashington
Are you at home in your body?​​​​​​​ Are you at home in your body?​​​​​​​​​
How many of us truly feel at home in our bodies?
How many of us truly feel complete ownership of our bodies?
How many of us have truly given our bodies permission to be?

A simple question with a complicated answer because our relationship to our bodies is influenced by what our society and culture deem worthy. While everyone struggles with some aspect of this, marginalized folks experience the most harm.

My new art project, Home in My Body, explores all these questions through body portraits and interviews. I've been slowly recruiting participants for this project but will make an open call. Stay tuned.

#homeinmybody #bodysovereignty #mybodymyhome #bodyportrait #bodyportraits #artistproject #communityhealing #visibilitymatters
What's on your reading list? I used to love self h What's on your reading list? I used to love self help books and podcasts but currently can't stand them anymore unless it's connected to social justice. I've also been enjoying books from AAPI authors. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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-Chi Boy by Keenan Norris⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
-Meet Me in Atlantic City by Jane Wong⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
-Conversations with RGB by Jeffrey Rosen⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
-The Person You Mean to Be by Dolly Chugh⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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The last 2 were little free library finds! The last one is an anti-bias DEIB book. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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What's on your list? Please share especially if you've read a good book by an AAPI artist (fiction or memoir).⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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#aapiauthors #readinglist #littlefreelibrary
What is the point of signing up for the Social Hea What is the point of signing up for the Social Healing Space newsletter? In addition to announcements, events, call for participants, etc., the newsletter exists to help us process how racism, patriarchy, and more impact us. It's also about decolonizing wellness which means pushing past the limits of individual work to move towards more inclusive, collective work.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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As you know, I got a grant for my next project "Home in My Body" which I'll share about in the newsletter and if you're interested in participating, it's a good way to make sure you get the announcements. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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#communitycare #communitycareisselfcare #communityhealing #interconnectedness #healingincommunity #weareallconnected #selftranscendence #decolonizingwellness #decapitalize #inclusivewellness #inclusivehealing #integration #evolvinghuman #humanevolution
I feel so fortunate to be the recipient of a @nwfi I feel so fortunate to be the recipient of a @nwfilmforum Collective Power grant funded by the Warhol Foundation. See the link in my stories to read about all the recipients.

$5000 will go towards my next art project called "Home in My Body" which examines how marginalized women navigate the world in our bodies. 

I will be putting out a call for participants next month so stay tuned!

Also, thanks to the artist community, specifically @aknf_art who told me about the grant. I wouldn't have  heard about it otherwise. 

#aapiartists #asianamericanartist
#bipocartists
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