Maaliyah Symoné (b. Lake Charles, Louisiana) is an Afro-Indigenous + Louisiana Creole artist and storyteller, acting here as a facilitator for one of humankind’s most essential (and simultaneously most neglected) functions – rest. Symoné’s previous work in film and visual art has secured her place as a reminder to us to seek and sustain a deeper connection with the natural world and the people who come before us, with us, and after us. In her present work, the emphasis is on connecting and nurturing the self through the practice of rest.