27/04/2026
In a world of AI, digital over-manipulation, and constant uncertainty about what is real, a photoshoot may not seem like a big deal.
I am here to beg to differ.
I had been planning this photoshoot for years. Gathering and creating props, clothes, jewelry, makeup - an entire vision that somehow never came to life.
The truth is, I never brought myself to the task of standing in front of the camera.
I made the headpiece in a moment of darkness, after losing Nala.
During that time, I found myself reading about goddesses, folklore, death, and ancient stories. Again and again, Medusa appeared.
At first, I felt repelled by her. I read the version of her story most people know, and others that reframe her as something far more powerful: a feminine force, misunderstood and transformed into warning. I did not fully understand why she stirred such a reaction in me.
Now I do.
Snake motifs began appearing around me more and more, as if something symbolic was quietly insisting on being noticed.
So what changed?
The person behind the lens.
Gabriela has been my aerial student for more than a year. We meet weekly, in both private and group classes. She has been a fierce advocate for aerial, for me as a teacher, and for the methodology I bring into this work. Her presence in my life and witnessing her own journey helped cement in me that the path of an aerial instructor is truly mine.
And somehow, allowing myself to be seen by her, through her lens, became the reason this photoshoot could finally come alive.
It feels like a full circle. Feels like a healing moment. Feels like reclamation.
Created in darkness, the Medusa headpiece is now worn in light.
I hear her calling now.
The why.
The whispers I once shut my ears to.
I feel her protection over me, and through me, over the women I guide in the air.
Thank you, Gabriela, for helping bring this vision to light. 🖤
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