Antonia Kao
Artist
About
Antonia Kao ( 高慧蘭 ) moves towards what makes her feel ALIVE, engaged, connected, curious, and in new terrain.
She is an interdisciplinary artist, improviser, facilitator of movement ritual who, along with her life partner, Aryeh Nielsen, has homeschooled their daughter, Anja Kao Nielsen, throughout her growing up.
Her path includes supporting people through end of life as a volunteer with End of Life Choices California, the University of Vermont Medical School Death Doula training, cocreating performance art, modeling for artists, filmmaking, and writing for various publications, including Girlfriends Magazine. She is currently working with kids as a teacher at GATE Academy.
"Every single instant of every single moment that you carry with you... you’re engaging with Mystery. That’s the 'not knowing' I'm talking about....[If] your drive, if what calls you here is that aspect, then that’s the only reason to do this as far as I'm concerned ....because this is too hard. It's too hard to even respond to that call... The mystics forever and ever have been responding to this call and I think people that find themselves in this kind of arena are responding to that call. And it's nothing you can talk about. Poets have been trying to write about it, ...people have been trying to talk about it, but you really can't talk about it. So, that's the Mystery."
~ Ruth Zaporah