Breath & Shadow
February 2026 - Vol. 23, Issue 1
"orbital brain"
written by
Krista K. Miranda with contributions by Cynthia Ling Lee
your brain is in orbit
your brain cannot find quiet without movement
your brain’s wanderings test the boundaries
of your equilibrium
setting your limbs into motion
come to stillness
journey into your skull through the portal of your forehead
let the skull hum from inside
tune in to the dance reverberating in your brain
your brain cannot find quiet without movement
your brain spreads out across the body
spills out into the space
the space is your brain
turn the space inside out
Queer/crip artist/scholar Krista K. Miranda, Ph.D., explores the nuances of embodiment, imagines better futures for queer and crip life, and recuperates the figure of the nonreproducing woman. Miranda’s artistic practices encompass dance, poetry, miniature installation art, experimental filmmaking, and collaborative work steeped in radical care.
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Cynthia Ling Lee is a Taiwanese American interdisciplinary queer artist who creates embodied art rooted in crip, queer, and feminist of color praxis. Her artistic practice is rooted in experimental disability arts and explores the potential of translating choreographic knowledge into social practice, poetry, film, sound, visual art, and beyond.