This week on Common Shapes podcast, I’m sharing the mic with my friend Tamara Santibañez for a conversation about oral histories, tattooing, freelancing, and art as activism.Tamara is an interdisciplinary artist and oral historian living and working in Brooklyn. Their work is rooted in storytelling and the visual language of identity construction, exploring subcultural semiotics and the meanings we make from bodily adornment.Tune in to hear us discuss—Tamara’s studio practiceOral histories & oral traditionsTattooing as liberation workHow to balance many projects as a freelancerMaking time for movement workCoalitions & political responsibilityThe different feelings/functions/forms of Instagram vs SubstackLinks—Visit Tamara’s websiteFollow Tamara on InstagramSubscribe to Tamara’s SubstackGet Tamara’s book, Could This Be Magic? Tattooing as Liberation WorkGet the Creative Ideation PortalSign up for my weekly newsletter, Monday MondayFind all these links & more at marleegrace.space/commonshapes.? Join my Artist's Way book study group by becoming a paid subscriber of my Monday Monday newsletter. We begin June 18th. Click here to join.