ROOT’D IS WHERE OUR MESS HAS ROOM AND OUR MAGIC HAS MIRRORS

The Root’d vision

Welcome to Root’d. I’m Greg. I’m an artist who’s healing out loud, reclaiming my story, and creating space for others to do the same. I’m also Black, gay, Southern, and done playing small for systems that were never built for me. Root’d is my creative Soul Studio, where I create the kind of art and healing work that grabs you by the gut and won’t let go. I’m not your coach. I’m not your guru. I’m in the mud too, healing out loud and telling the truth like it’s my job. This space is for Black folks, especially my Rainbow Fam, who know performance is not peace. This is altar work. This is a reckoning.

And this is my story. How I got here. Root’d.

In September 2024, everything collapsed. I was in the hospital for almost a month. Over four life-saving surgeries. Lost the ability to create art, my everything! Lost love. Lost friends. Addiction took hold. I felt haunted by anxiety and depression daily, and I didn’t want to be here anymore.

The night I planned to end it, The Spirit broke in, punched me in the gut, and kidnapped my whole damn soul into a holy interruption, and said, “Heal your roots so your tree can be stable. I ain’t done with you yet.” Then the assignment hit so hard I thought I was dying. And just like that, everything came clear. No guessing. No maybes. I saw exactly what I was built to do.

It would require going back to the beginning. Savoring each step until it turned sacred. It would be slow. Not the monumental art I was used to. This was quiet. Full of purpose. And it would not be perfect. I would go sideways, fall back, leap forward. I would need grace. A lot of it. But I also knew this would save me. So I got my Black ass up and said, “Yes. I’m ready.”

Abundant healing followed, bringing me to where I am today. The base. The beginning.

Root’d is the answer. My comeback container. My altar. My art.

Welcome to The Root’d Studio. I survived to make this art. Let it move you. What it stirs is from the Spirit.


Just cracking the door open today.
My art and my services are still coming together.
When Spirit says go, Root’d will fully rise.

…Until then, take a look at what’s already in motion.

  • Daily Sip of Soul

    This is a morning love note to your spirit.

    Daily Sip of Soul is your morning meditation featuring a mantra, a song, and original art by me, shared on my Instagram page.

    It’s birthed to help my Black folks start the day grounded and aligned, with coffee, tea, or whatever gets you right before the day tries to get you wrong. Not every day, but always on time.

  • The Sugar Foot Saints

    Seasoned gays. Snatching Joy. Shenanigans.

    The Sugar Foot Saints is my animated comedy about three fabulous members of the Rainbow Fam, all over 50, who are done playing it safe. Nipsey’s tired of living with his mama. Carmen’s got money but no memories that matter. And Frank? A glitter-dipped, lash-wearing drag legend in a wheelchair. They ride a spell-cast bus, snatching joy, finding love, and raising hell one sugar footstep at a time.

  • The Altar Calls

    Come as you are. Leave with yourself. Join the Comeback Choir.

    The Altar Calls is my vlog, where I share my healing journey, not as a guru, but as just another voice in the Comeback Choir. It's for those in the messy middle. Not who we were. Not yet who we are becoming. No sermons here. Just truth, laughter, healing out loud. The altar lives in you. Been calling you louder than your shame, straight back to yourself.