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“Chris Mosier–trans athlete and activist” -by Marius Mason
“Chris Mosier–trans athlete and activist” is part of the trans-hero series. Chris Mosier does public speaking and advocacy in addition to being a competing athlete. He was on the USA men’s team as a triathlon Olympian. There are inconsistencies in…
Marsha P. Johnson painting
“I’ve been wanting to celebrate Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera’s lives for a long time, as they broke such important ground in both defining trans as a lived identity and for connecting it (and insisting on that connection) to…
“Tara Houska of Honor the Earth” – by Marius
Tara Houska, who is Couchiching First Nation, is an environmental justice attorney working for the Standing Rock tribe to defend the Water Protectors who have been arrested during the fight to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline. Big shout outs…
New Painting and Thank You from Marius
Marius asked that this painting of Darryl and Danae be shared as a thank you to everyone you sent him sympathy cards in the law few weeks. Marius wrote: “It’s not possible to show in a painting what beautiful and…
“Laura Jane Grace, Rise Like the Lotus” by Marius
“The lotus is a major symbol in the Buddhist writings, as it is something beautiful that rises from the muck. Water seemed like the best image to show crossing from one state of being to another (water to air, muck to…
“Target / Giraffe” by Marius
“This is a portrait of a baby giraffe seen through a gun scope. Recent news stories tell of increasing numbers of giraffes that are killed to provide for mercenaries and insurgent armies. Guerrillas, such as Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army,…
Marius Mason self-portrait
Seen This Before (new poem by Marius)
Seen This Before Once on a snowy Detroit street, I saw a dog I knew Crouched, tail-tucked and teeth-bared, Freezing and arrested in the the road The Pound’s truck parked Engine running, door flung open And a man in uniform,…
Carswell Holiday Show Report Back
This past December Marius and two other prisoners on his unit, wrote and performed a puppet show. The show was performed for Admin Unit prisoners and staff and was based off of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Marius said the show…