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Living Liquid | Maya Cohen

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I have been a compulsive creative since I was a teenager and since then have been drawing, painting, carving, decorating clothes, making jewelry, writing, body painting, and making art out of any other materials I come across. If I am near a blank surface, it won't be blank for long. I use art as a cathartic form of expression and self-reflection, but also value art for communication and see art, media and storytelling as indispensable tools for environmental and food justice. ​ ​ I grew up in a suburb, but fell in love with farming by accident and haven't turned back. Farming is probably my favorite way of channeling my food sovereignty obsession. It is delicious, joyful, exhausting, and teaches me how to be a part of an ecosystem. I have been farming for 5 years, and have been a farm manager for 1. ​ ​ I am a naturalist, learning about the living world around me through research and observation. I am a strong critic of institutional science, but I will always bring an ecologist's le

--> Living Liquid | Maya Cohen top of page This website was built on Wix. Create yours today. Get Started Hey, I'm Maya I AM... An Artist = I strive to express my internal self in the material world ​ ​ ​ A Farmer = I cultivate life in partnership with land ​ ​ ​ ​ An Ecologist = I study living beings and how they interact with their environment ​ ​ ​ ​ A Researcher = I find and information and turn it into stories ​ ​ ​ A Holobiont = I am a living system made up of multiple species collaborating to live and grow. ​ I have been a compulsive creative since I was a teenager and since then have b

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