Small Stories
26 July 2024
I write this at an odd 1:10am on a ‘random’ post-full moon Monday evening; it seems that the mess, chaos, and pain is the sharpest
Chloe Calderon Chotrani
Chloe Calderon Chotrani (she/her/they) is a queer Filipina, Sindhi, and Singaporean therapist, facilitator, artist, and lover of the earth.
She responds to the meta-crisis by advocating for ancestral ancient animistic practices through her labor of bridging embodied wisdom to communities.
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