inabel : curiosities are not coincidences

inabel uytiepo
7 min readFeb 7, 2022
green and white binakul patterned inabel cloth with pink and orange details
Photo: Yuchengco Museum

I didn’t know I was going to change my name. Spirit, ancestors, the universe, all the galaxies made it very clear it was time and synchronistically confirmed what my new name was going to be multiple times.

Before I tell you about the funerals, I’ll breifly share about the birth of Bee. Bee was a nickname from when I was circumambulating years of formal Buddhist life. My given name is…

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inabel uytiepo

queer + ilocanx - chinese + deep collective care + somatic forgiveness + ancestral wayfinding + healingisgiving.com