Mila Baba Yaga

Art is like a raft that I row through dark waters at night.

It’s a solid little boat that takes me safely to shore.

It is a means of making sense of experiences and weaving threads of connection between myself and the person who enjoys it.

Everything that asks to be created is a being, a being-ness.

Each medium is an entity with its own mind and desired outcomes - it is always a collaboration.

Tattoos help people come back into their bodies and feel calm. To permanently modify the body in order to know the self more deeply.

When I make motanka dolls I draw on my ancient Slavic witchcraft lineage to bring healing + love + wildcrafting skills + herbal lore.

Painting is an attempt to understand and process the space around me.

To carve a mirror is to leave a message for someone to read every time they gaze upon themselves, to change the very perception of the reality of the perceiver.