Meca’Ayo | Adams County, CO

Lessons from a Cloud

Poetry and photography by artist Meca’Ayo

Exhibit Date: Spring 2024
With poems hastily scribbled on notebook pages and photographs sporadically captured on the move, Meca’Ayo’s visual and poetic journal Lessons from a Cloud gave us a glimpse into the often-overlooked details of everyday life. You’ll find nature at the heart of their work, a response to the lack of access to the outdoors many city-dwellers’ experience.

This unique collection of poetry and photography invited viewers to engage, to find connection in our shared human experience, and to embrace hope amidst adversity.

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Hand holding a purple flower against a concrete background. Below, a poem titled "In what ways have I found community?" is visible.

Photograph of vibrant orange flowers with accompanying poem: "have i forgotten the music of my mother’s speech?" exploring communication and connection.

About Meca’Ayo

Meca Ayo smiling in a colorful headscarf and patterned shirt, abstract red-black background. Artist Meca’Ayo Cole is a queer singer, multi-genre writer, itinerant nerd, massage therapist, point-and-shoot photographer, and published author based in Denver, Colorado. Their debut book, an identity polyptych, was published in 2021. Additional works have been included in publications such as Poems from the Back Forty, Cellar Door Anthology, and Tales to Oddify. Learn more about Meca’Ayo.

This program is funded in part by SCFD.