Merritt Johnson

Exorcising America: movement exercises

Exorcising america: DIY survival essentials

World Mirror

Blue Cohosh Seed Basket Earrings (Lifesavers)

Look, we pool our blood into mirrors

on mute/against a wall

Exorcising America: getting down & getting back up

Consideration Exercises

Weave a basket big enough to hold children, ancestors, old homes, water, food, the weight of memory, fire starter, things to wash with, pots and pans and kids toys, seeds, blankets, a sharp knife, old bones, lost teeth, shells and baby things, a tarp, medicine and a comb, strength, spare parts, extra seeds, something to dig with, rubber bands and string, needles and thread, a hammer and nails, patience, pliers and sticky things, a hatchet and bandages, extra clothes, a slingshot and stones, endurance and more bandages, ballast and floats, and leave enough cracks for things to fall through when they turn to dust

United States children’s backpack (internal design: girl power)

In every direction

The Memory of Ice (mirror hail)

What do you need

without understanding

It’s heavier than it looks teardrop ring with chain and bangle