Ollie Trechsel

Accompanying Poems

Source Angel:

I HOLD YOU IN SILENCE

I STAND AT THE DOORWAY

I KNOW THE DARKNESS

I AM IN BETWEEN

I TRUST YOUR PATH

I HOLD THE LANTERN

I HAVE CARRIED YOU THIS FAR

I LET YOU FALL OPEN

I COME FROM YOUR PEOPLE

I PRAY FOR YOUR CHILDREN

I WEAVE THE SPELL

Protection Angel:

I WILL DEFEND THE WORLD

I WILL KICK DOWN THE DOOR

I WILL SCREAM IN FURY

I WILL OPEN YOUR EYES

I WILL LISTEN TO THE VOICES

I WILL KNOW WHAT I TRUE

I WILL BE BLEEDING

I WILL STOP THIS NOW

I WILL SHARPEN THE SWORD

I WILL LIGHT THE FIRE

I WILL CARRY YOU THROUGH

Split Angel:

I WILL BREAK OPEN

I KNOW BLOOD

I WILL BE PART OF IT

I HAVE KNOWN DAMAGE

I WILL SEEK SILENCE

I TRUST THIS PATH.

I AM MANY

I CRY IN PAIN

I HAVE ROOM FOR YOU TOO

Artist Bio:

Ollie Trechsel is a white, queer, trans, mixed-media artist living in Olympia Washington on Nisqually and Squaxin land on the Salish Sea. They are self taught as an artist and have long used the creative process to express and process hidden experiences, identity and the unconscious. They are particularly committed to exploring queer community and selfhood, and have only recently been showing work in more visible and public spaces. They work in painted surfaces including fabric, canvas and wood as well as with paper and found object sculpture. They are committed to uplifting unheard and undervalued voices and redistribute a portion of any sales of their work to BIPOC lead mutual aid networks in the Northwest Region.