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Christine Stenquist

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Sometimes you’re not grieving what something was. You’re grieving what you believed it was, what you hoped it would become, and the future you imagined for it.

That’s how I feel about almost every aspect of the cannabis movement now.

I don’t miss the political personality games, I never masked well. The industry motives were always different than patients, even much of the movement as it exists today is not what it was.

I miss what I thought we were building.

I remember the promises made in legislators’ offices. The people who wanted my endorsement, my credibility, my story. The people who begged to be part of the cause because they believed in what we were fighting for.

Or at least, I believed they did.

Then came the seats at the table. The titles. The contracts. The access. The money.

And somehow, many of the patients and advocates who carried this movement when there was nothing to gain became the easiest people to leave behind.

That’s the grief.

I didn’t lose faith in cannabis as a plant for me.

I lost faith in how quickly people can forget who they were when they needed you—and who they become once they no longer do. by @christinestenquist

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Ms. Freya obviously gets all the sleep in this house. by @christinestenquist

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REVIVAL 2026 THEME ANNOUNCEMENT: TESSERA 🧩✨
June 18–21, 2026 • North Fork Park (Eden, Utah)

A tessera is a single tile, small and ordinary on its own, and unmistakable when it turns the right way and clicks into place. A victory of alignment.

This year, Revival invites you to celebrate your willingness to rotate or pivot. To try the same piece at a new angle. To take what you already have, your skills, your stories, your weird little brilliance, and test it in a different direction until it finally feels like your masterpiece of self. One tile at a time.

Often, we treat repetition like a problem to solve. Some patterns are cages, and some are craft, the kind that turns small choices into something stunning. A tessellation doesn’t ask one piece of you to carry the whole vision. It’s built when the many parts of you work together, each true to its shape, each finding where it belongs.

Not all progress registers from the outside because some of the most meaningful growth is quiet: a truth you stopped negotiating, a practice you return to, a version of you that kept choosing forward even when it felt chaotic, even when it felt incremental.

For some of us, Tessera is collecting the pieces with trembling hands, learning what’s ours, reclaiming what we’re allowed to want. For others, Tessera is the mosaic, the moment you finally see the life you’ve been building in the shape of your days.

So this year, we’re inviting a different kind of inventory. Not of what you lack, but of what you’ve already earned.

What have you been gathering without giving yourself credit for?
What boundary became your breakthrough?
What did you protect long enough for it to grow?

Bring your pieces, the ones that shine and the ones you’re still learning to hold, and let them turn until they fit.

Revival is a community-built gathering, and your participation is part of what makes it real. Tickets and applications are open now, whether you want to attend, volunteer, host a camp, facilitate, create, or collaborate. Bring what you’ve got. The rest will fall into place.

🎟️ Early Bird GA is officially sold out
📩 Community members who applied early: your codes are going out this week. taken in North Fork Campground by @christinestenquist

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8 months ago

We know what's going on.

The thin line between humanity and harm is often a mask. by @christinestenquist

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This afternoons painting was inspired by my trip to Castle City, Utah a couple of weekends ago. by @christinestenquist

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Breaking: Portland devastated by peace signs, thrift shops, and bike lanes.

#PoliticalHumor #Portland #Portlandia #Dreamsofthe90s
#AFalseFlagYouCanPutABirdOn by @christinestenquist

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What we’re enduring as a country is what so many endure in private households: the gaslighting, the silencing, the punishment for speaking truth.

Call it what it is, abuse on a national scale. by @christinestenquist

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Quick weekend getaway to get unplugged, take in the scenarios and get inspired.

#nature #redrock #rainshowers #crows #art #food #friendship #castlevalley #Moab by @christinestenquist

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Tomorrow on @krclradioactive :
Join us for Rooted: Stories of Plant Medicine, People, and Progress on the back half of the hour (6:30-ish).

I’ll be in the studio with the RadioACTive team, @auntielara and @krcl_round_table_tuesdays hosting a conversation with Valerie Ahanonu , Senior Program Manager at the University of Utah’s Center for Medical Cannabis Research.

Valerie has 13+ years in pharmaceutical research and clinical trials, and she’s now focused on expanding cannabis and cannabinoid-related research throughout Utah.

We’ll dig into the federal “standstill” on cannabis rescheduling, what it means for researchers and patients, and Utah’s role as a proving ground for plant medicine.

https://www.marijuanamoment.net/congresswoman-says-federal-marijuana-policy-is-at-a-standstill-as-trump-weighs-rescheduling/

Tune in live: KRCL 90.9 FM | krcl.org
RadioACTive: 6–7pm | Rooted segment: ~6:30pm
#Rooted #PlantMedicine #UtahCannabis #Policy #ScheduleChange #Standstill #RadioACTive #Research #psychedelics #MAPS by @christinestenquist

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Uneventful in the West Desert.

Life is made up of thousands of little moments. Finding joy in those greatly increases your chances of happiness.

It's not the big things but the little ones that make all the difference in our mental health.

#SuicideAwarnessMonth
#sunsets #moonlight #camping #friends #family #TheDelle #ATWAS #OurRevival #TDA taken in Delle, Utah by @christinestenquist

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