Naoki Diwa (they/them), is a “Creative Clairvoyant.” They are always working on a new creative project and like to go foraging and be gay.
Identities they hold are QTBIPOC, gray/ace, plural, neurodivergent, Mad, and disabled.
Naoki is currently located in the PNW on unceeded Duwamish Land.
Why the fox?
The fox, or kitsune, in Japanese lore, was an explanation for humans who fell outside societal norms at the time. Kitsune were used to explain all manner of “deviant” behavior, from thieving monks to disobedient woman. They were also used to explain curious behavior we now know today as “neurodivergence.”
Being a deviant, multi-talented, plural, neurodivergent being, Naoki could very well be a shape-shifting fox in human disguise. Most of their various talents lie in the arts, crafts, and The Craft. Whatever it is you are looking for, you will most certainly find it here…
What does the fox actually do?
While Naoki dabbles in just about anything their greedy AuDHD mitts can get ahold of, their expertise lies in the arts and the occult.
As an artist, Naoki received formal fine arts training from a very young age, got a B.A. in Studio Art, and worked for a decade in the entertainment industry as a digital artist. Naoki enjoys drawing cute things, taking candid photos of their loved ones, and making pretty jewelry. Other mediums they know are painting (acrylic, oil, & watercolor), sewing, crochet, lithography, intaglio, woodblock printing, ceramics, graphic design, illustration, portraiture, 3D modeling, and animation.
As a witch, Naoki has known they were psychic since they were a child, receiving prophetic dreams, sensing spirits, and knowing when things would happen. Now they are a spell-casting, future predicting, Reiki Master, energy worker, medium, and tarot reader. They dream to follow in the footsteps of the albularyo, the Luzon region of the Philippine’s version of a shaman or medicine man, with the goal to help folks find holistic healing in body, mind, and spirit. They are now studying Western astrology and herbalism.