Rachel Miller

RS: In what ways have you experienced touch, or how has touch changed for you through the pandemic?
RM: Prior to the pandemic, I wasn’t very keen on touch with anyone outside of my immediate family. While quarantining, I’ve been craving touch in any way and has led to not so healthy habits.


RS: How do you define and or understand resilience as it relates to owning an identity that is marginalized?
RM: I feel resilience is more surviving everyday life in any way you can rather than a large act of protest. I think living as a marginalized person is an act of protest.


RS: How does Austin play a role in your experience of touch and or resiliency?
RM: Austin is such a lively city with so many extroverted people and still after a whole year of living here I have no connections for touch here.


RS: What was your experience in creating your skin prints?
RM: It was exciting for me. Sharing parts of my body that has stories and history.


RS: Where on your body did you choose to create your prints from? Why were/are these spots important to you? 
RM: I chose a scar on my knee from childhood and a tattoo on the back of my arm that is sentimental.