The Movements series is inspired by my grandma, who loved doing crosswords. When I was little I used to watch her picking through them in the kitchen, in awe (like when I watched her do most things) bc to me it looked like some National Treasure type of decoding going on.

When I started making the crosswords I was thinking a lot about my grandma’s crosswording, and the systems of knowledge contained therein. I’m always thinking about how I can share these histories that are really sacred to me and mine while still protecting them, keeping them close to my chest, & the crossword gave me exact framework I needed. I think of each piece like floor plans, or maps of a memory, and like w every map, you’re only getting what I want you to see.

Photos by: Jake Holler, Kris Graves, and Jacob Koestler