community zines x pearmama
If there was ever a time to do something u love for the sheer pleasure of it, that time is...
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art as medicine
Creating safe spaces in community where we explore higher states of being thru a matriarchal lens, ancestral healing + memory, using art as a portal.
Being intentional about building creative frameworks to uplift community fully in their artistic power + autonomy. That’s regenerative, transformational energy, energy that can usher in positive shifts in our communities.
Each pearmama zine volume 1-4 share a truth from the ancient heartspace as we reimagine indigenous futures + collective liberation. This healing + experimental zine series is created with love + strong heart energy.
This art offering is for those ready to break the colonial spell.
This art offering is for our young ones who love to color + enjoy the feel of a smol book in their hands.
This art offering is for young femmes, mother circles, homeschooling families, college students, art collectives + community gatherings.
All pearmama zines come with a digital download: A 8.5 x 11 size .pdf file for easy printing + folding.
There is zero use of ai in the ideation + creation of Pearmama art. All words and illustrations divinely inspired + originally created by artist Denise Silva.
art as liberation
As an artist + a storyteller, I have an innerstanding that my creative practice is deeply regenerative and very healing. First and foremost, it is for me, a gift my ancestors + the cosmos places upon my head, blessing me. They gave me tools to be well and I have discovered art is that tool.
Some of my earliest memories are the dream-like worlds I created for myself while drawing, coloring + painting. Even my small child self quickly learned that making art made me feel good in my body.
My creativity is the first safe space I’ve ever known.
As a mother, a femme + indigenous person, creating art will always be about healing and liberation. Liberation from any thing or ideology that is not deeply rooted in love + community. Liberation from the mundane, liberation from fear, liberation from this world that often feels like a dream we are trying to escape.
When you are creating art you are communing with the divine + the vibration of the divine is one of healing. It is an open door for the soul to transmute and transcend, processing trauma from white supremacy, religious dogma, patriarchy, capitalism + colonization.
we honor the sacred elements + the four directions
the grandmothers
A community art offering for us all.
When the grandmothers from the four directions speak, a new time is coming.
-ancient prophecy
The intention of this mural is to honor and elevate the indigenous people of the Inland Empire, represented in the form of four grandmothers from following four tribes: Tongva, Payomkawichum (Luiseño), Cahuilla + Yuhaviaatam (Serrano), respectfully. We look to them as we protect our diverse cultures and steward our land, our medicine, our languages and ceremonial ways to nurture our children and our community.
May the four grandmothers serve as a reminder for all whose land they are standing on, to step with mindfulness, to step with care. The grandmothers will also serve as spiritual guardians for those who respect the divine feminine and Mother Earth, our oldest ancestor.
The Grandmothers can be experienced at the Riverside Main Library 3900 Mission Inn Avenue Riverside CA 92501
storytelling as an ancestral healing practice
words from the ancient heartspace
As a writer I’ve been weaving stories, blogging about family + culture on Pearmama since 2006. This space has been through many incarnations and iterations, much like myself + the way I’ve discovered I can marry my art and my writing is such a delicious, satisfying feeling. Very much like sharing a beautiful secret with the world.
In that spirit, I created Corn Sister, a place to share spiritual truths from the ancient heartspace, Divine Mother cosmology + ancestral healing.
matriarchy
MATRIARCHY MATRIARCHY Art Show currently on view at Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood M-F 9-6pm thru June 2026. Denise...
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when the waters call
Some moon day offerings on this first day of the week, the day of the moon. When the waters call...
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ancestors, guide me
ancestors guide meancestors guide meancestors guide me Inspired from a guided meditation: below we are walking up the green mountainsideblades...
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moon daughter
While flowing thru a guided meditation, the Akashic Records let me see myself as a child. Walking in a field,...
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innerspaces
Our inner spaces are all-seeing + all-knowing. They point our heart to the literal spaces within, the ephemeral, the unseen...
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ancestors
When your people – your relatives – are in the ancestral plane, know they are now in the full embodiment...
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divine mother in green
The Divine Mother in Green is grounded in the Earth realm, deep within the soil. Beneath the peppery fronds of...
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fire woman
My rage been on simmer for a minute now + it’s picking up tempo. So many systems destructing before our...
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