My name is Liv Hardy and I am a fool.

I am other things besides a fool. And I use other names besides Liv Hardy. Every fool has a hat. This fool has several.

I am a story teller. I tell histories. Herstories. Your-stories. My-stories. Lest nothing be forgotten and all accounts be cherished.

I like to tell stories with radio and podcasts. The voice is our best first tool, no?

I am an artist. I work mostly in textiles and clay. I also make installations and performances. And I make poems and songs. I’ll sew you a hidden pocket and mend you a blanket.

Art is creation, is transformation, is my necessary function upon this Earth.

I am a collaborator. We are greater together.

I am a wanderer. Traveling is a good way to make the world bigger. To stretch time. To keep myself humble and spare.

I am a learner, a teacher, and a seeker.

You may call me Liv Hardy, OJC, Olivia Joy, Bruce, Carroll, Hawk. Or any number of things. Jes’ please don’t call me Livvy with two v’s. I never much cared for it.