Standing near a body of water / Stomp feet so body is in connection to earth / And feet become drumsticks / Move fingers so in the air they imitate the teeths of a shell / Cover yourself with shells, spondylus princeps/calcifer / See them covering you, protecting you, informing you, While you move and stomp and create heat…

[Excerpt from a drawing featured in the exhibition by artist Koyoltzintli that outlines directions for a ritual, To Mend the Heat, to perform in front of a body of water. The enactment of this work aims to both cool down the rising heat within the body but also decrease the rising temperatures of the oceans.]