This is an Art Studio
I am building a world where we all get to exist fully.
This blog is part of that world.
This studio is part of that world.
My art is part of that world.
I make art because the world chokes voices like mine.
I make art because protest is loud, and silence is complicity.
I make art because my existence — my voice, my history, my body — is not up for negotiation.
I am not here to apologize for who I am, what I believe, or what I create.
My work is rooted in lineage, memory, and refusal to cede authority.
If you’re here for neutrality, you’re in the wrong place.
This studio exists because I refuse to mute myself.
And I’m not apologizing for any of it.
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The Self-Portrait I’m Afraid to Make
My lifelong pattern of hiding my body and myself I recognize that I’ve spent all my life trying to cover, shrink, or disappear my body out of a survival instinct shaped by fear, danger, judgment, and authority. This hiding became habitual: hiding my sexuality, my voice, my beauty, my strength, my wisdom, my joy, my…
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Nostalgia
An Art Show at Subterranean Coffee I’m excited to share that I have a new painting which is going to be included in an upcoming group show. This piece is part of my ongoing mixed‑media practice exploring memory, movement, and the stories we carry in our bodies. The theme of the show is “Nostalgia”. Opening…
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Painting My Kicks
I Sit with my Jealousy as you walk by. I Assume you’re Carefree with each of your Painless steps. I See you Sip your freshly Blended iced coffee. I Mix colorful paint. I Drag the Brush across the Leather. I leave Designs that are Pleasing to me. I Sit with Desperation to Walk. I am…
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Make ARt that I’m Afraid to Make
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Returning
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Meet a Woman Who Turned Hero Worship Upside Down!
From Realization to Conversation: What Happened After I Saw the Video by Beth Green “How America’s Hero-Worship Has Been Destroying Us” Last week, I shared a video that opened my eyes to something which had been percolating in my brain for years. I saw how deeply damaging the hero’s journey had shaped my thinking —…
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Paddle with the Swell- First Draft
This is the first draft of Paddle with the Swell. I wrote this a few years ago before I started exploring Community Relational Storytelling. I will share the transformational journey as I revise and edit this story. Paddle with the Swell by Catalina Guzman Lost in the thick tangle of exhaustion from a night of…
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Si, Mozart
Mozart, I hope I never stop finding your sparkles around the house. They bring me your unconditional love and the understanding of the importance of visibility. Your gentle presence in this world created a safe place for others to come towards you for connection, safety and a moment to be seen by your luminescent blue…
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Håfa adai!—–Hello!
Welcome to Becoming, Becoming Studio where we create the world we want to live in and thrive.