# notes from dio new art, musings & more! Page: Feed: --- ## [Book Release: Mississippi River Open School for Kinship and Social Exchange](https://dionotes.substack.com/p/book-release-mississippi-river-open) _2026-07-10 · dio_ Experimental Modes of Teaching and Learning for the Planetary Emergency ## [Spring Cleaning / Fragments from the Frontlines](https://dionotes.substack.com/p/spring-cleaning-fragments-from-the) _2026-05-22 · dio_ An email that's been in the works for months ## [Monarchs and the Art of Living in a Fascist Occupation](https://dionotes.substack.com/p/monarchs-and-the-art-of-living-in) _2026-01-23_ For many days this month, amidst all the other things that there is to do under federal occupation and nearly constant ice raids, my dearest collaborators and I created these large Monarch butterflies and installed them on a frozen lake. ## [Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, Storytelling Crankie](https://dionotes.substack.com/p/wreck-of-the-edmund-fitzgerald-storytelling) _2025-11-07_ Weaving Legend and History on the 50th Anniversary of the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald ## [First Kiss Map](https://dionotes.substack.com/p/first-kiss-map) _2025-09-25 · dio_ Collecting data, thinking about places, drawing maps. Submit a kiss to the collection! ## [Life Affirming Poems](https://dionotes.substack.com/p/life-affirming-poems) _2025-02-06 · dio_ a collection from strangers and friends ## [Big work from 2024](https://dionotes.substack.com/p/big-work-from-2024) _2025-01-02 · dio_ Some reflections on projects and experiences from the past year