Rose B. Simpson

I love to remember that I don't need

the things I think I need, right?

Like we're told and told and told that we need X, Y, and Z. And every single day I realize it's a choice I'm making.

And then I'm in my power in relationship to it.

As long as I don't need it, it doesn't rule me, it doesn't own me.

And so,

if i maintain my relationship with the natural world my food sources etc then i am actively engaging in the relationships that i'm making and that includes the art world that includes car culture that includes education that includes um all the decisions the res you know being here today what

At one point, I did Fast and Furious a lot.

I watched all the movies.

God in 60 Seconds is my jam.

So you've got range.

I grew up in Española, New Mexico, which is a town that's adjacent.

It's actually sandwiched between two reservations, two tribal nations, Santa Clara Pueblo and Oquehuingue.

So the town is...

the youth culture is very mixed between indigenous communities and then the local Hispanic communities.

And so we grew up together, so my youth culture was very much like lowriders and what would be the Cholo culture Hispanic community there.

And as a little kid, my mom had a 52-wheelies truck that she built our house with, and there was no room for the kids in the front seat, so we used to sit in the bed of the truck as she drove through town.

And I'd be watching all the cars pile up behind us, because we went max 40 miles an hour, right?

And I'd be looking at all the nice cars, and in my head, I was like, when I grow up, I'm going to have a nice car.

That was just the goal, right?