Share Your Ritual

Since we launched #CripRitual, we have been gathering audience examples of crip rituals, online and in the gallery.

Share yours below & check this space for new #CripRituals that community members have shared with us.

“My #CripRitual is… Going for long introspective walks until my mind quiets.”.”
“My #CripRitual is… Burning medicines.”
“My #CripRitual is… Sending memes in the group chart to get us all through the day.”
“My #CripRitual is… Reheating my microwavable heat pack 12 times a day.”

Image Slider Description: Graphics prepared by the Tangled Art + Design team share rituals submitted by gallery visitors. Each frame shows two white speech bubbles on alternating purple and mustard yellow backgrounds.

What’s your #CripRitual?

We want to know about YOUR crip rituals.

Submit a written, drawn, or audio recorded description of your #CripRitual. Our curatorial team will included selected submissions in a virtual feed of community-sourced rituals.

How do I submit?

Send an email using the form on this page
Send an email to CripRitual (at) Gmail. com
Send an email to CripRitual (at) Gmail. com with an audio recording or image of a visual artwork attached
Tweet or Instagram your #CripRitual using the hashtag, or direct message it to @CriticalDesignL
You are welcome to download the PDF on this page and use any of the prompts to help generate ideas and share the templates virtually
Visitors to the gallery shows are also invited to respond to the #CripRitual prompts and leave a hardcopy of your response with gallery staff and the curatorial team

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Gallery Visitor #CripRitual Responses

Gallery visitors to the Doris McCarthy Gallery and the Tangled Art+Disability Gallery were invited to share their own crip rituals as handwritten responses on printed forms (like the ones you can download above). Check out some of the responses below. Click on an image to view in gallery mode with captions.

Gallery visitor #CripRitual. Black printed text on white paper: WHEN I CELEBRATE MY JOY BY... Hand drawn smiley face, handwritten text: "smiling smiling smiling / stretching / reaching / hugging jumping laughing / dancing" ... THAT'S #CripRitual

Gallery visitor #CripRitual: Black text printed on white paper: WHEN OTHER PEOPLE (hand written response in pink, purple, yellow, read, blue, green ink)"call my name in need, I given them my soul. My identity is to help people. To see them heal. It's my job to given them the love they might be lacking. My duty to love them. I am their sisters, their daughters, their subject (and often object) of excitement. Above all I am their mother. AND THAT'S #CripRitual

Handwritten response in purple ink to black printed text on white paper. "WHAT'S YOUR CRIP RITUAL? Cuddling with my pets, reading happy novels, cooking breakfast, washing clothes, vacations in Mexico, workouts, crying, friends, learning new things, working, art""

handwritten response in red pen to black printed text on white paper. WHEN OTHER PEOPLE "misunderstand me" I... "show them love. don't take it personally. forgive them. Forgive myself. be patient with the situation. recenter my mind. redirect my energy..."

hand written text in expressive gesture and arrangement on a white page responds to black all caps printed text. MY CRIP RITUALS FOR BUILDING COMMUNITY ARE... breathing... pausing... listening... holding space for questions (who why how might we what)... exploring possibilities through movement... being together (online/in person/in between)

dynamic black ink bubble letters, scribbles, and a drawing of wide-open eyes, responds to the question "what's your crip ritual?" in black printed text. "MY CRIP RITUALS FOR BUILDING COMMUNITY ARE... breathing... pausing... listening... holding space for questions (who why how might we what)... exploring possibilities through movement... being together (online/in person/in between)"