sana sana / heal heal, HD Video, 1:31, 2021.
sana sana / heal heal refers to a Mexican saying my parents would croon to me as a child when I would get hurt. It goes, "sana sana, colita de rana. lo que no sana hoy sanará mañana" or "heal heal, little frog tail. that which doesn't heal today will heal tomorrow."
In that spirit, this video is a response to the violence that we all witnessed and that saturated the media this past year; violence that continues to be inflicted on marginalized bodies; violence that I wish I could unsee. An offering for community healing as much as a self-care ritual, so that in our own time, we may all heal, heal.
Produced in collaboration with John Mathew Bernal.
Instrumental by Brenden Jonson Gorge. Original song HACIENDO QUE ME AMAS by Bad Bunny.