MIDORI
I am a Queer,
Okinawan & Chinese
Artist-Alchemist,
Astrologer,
Psychic-Intuitive Mystic.
I believe everyone is an artist, and I use astrology, oracle cards, and psychic visioning to conjure portals for our most creative, liberated selves to emerge.
I currently conduct 1:1 readings virtually
and in-person in Oakland.
My photography practice aims to provide a trauma-informed space to be seen and witnessed on-camera, incorporating mindfulness practices like breath work to guide and support my clients through their custom, ceremonial experience. I see photography and art direction as a translation of essence and feeling into visual and sensory language.
In the fall of 2022, I founded the Art Alchemy Academy to share my embodied framework of art direction and photography with my community and provide a holistic alternative to arts education.
I am a creative marketing and production consultant with over 9 years of experience. Past and current clients include Cocokind, Studio Table, Heather Day, Alexx Temeña, and Made in Color.
I am a co-founder of Soft Power, a playground for creative collective care centering Queer and Gender Expansive artists in diaspora.
MY LINEAGE:
Personal Teachers
Cindy Chau of Wellness Vybz (Magic)
Oak Kalawakan of Oak Astrology School (Natal Astrology)
Kaitlyn Graña of Mother of Mystics (Spiritism)
Captolia of The Digital Witch (Brand Marketing)
Siobhan Diores of The Birth Realm (Reiki I & Trauma-Informed Facilitation)
Alexx Temeña (Rest)
Jumakae (Storytelling)
Shereen Sun of Radiant Wildheart (Business)
Heather Day (Art & Business)
Priscilla Tsai of cocokind (Business)
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Public Figures
Adrienne Marie Brown
Grace Lee Boggs
Benebell Wen
Doctora Rosales Mendoza
Sonya Renee Taylor
Thich Nhat Hanh
Eckhart Tolle
Angela Mary Magick
Ari (The Dream Mami)
Lune Innate
Wangechi Mutu
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Books
The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron
Emergent Strategy & Pleasure Activism by Adrienne Marie Brown
The Tao of Craft by Benebell Wen
The Body is Not an Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor
The Inner Sky by Steven Forrest
Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
Women that Run with the Wolves by Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés
The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle