#LifeIsForLiving

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37536/ECOZONA.2026.17.2.6285

Keywords:

disability, artificial intelligence, noncompliance, collapse, Sonoran desert, prose poem, poem

Abstract

So many compounds, minerals, cells create desert life. What are we collectively contributing to be washed downstream? A drowning of mystery, curiosity, and engagement by personality models to initiate a flood of persuasion? To digitize is to surveil. I advocate but risk being labeled as “noncompliant,” which is dangerous for a disabled person—rife with consequences. Do we resign ourselves to trust that artificial intelligence can honor diversity, not just sweep us in, or out, of the picture?

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Author Biography

Naomi Ortiz, Poet, Writer, Visual Artist

Naomi Ortiz (they/them) is a Disabled Mestize poet, visual artist, and author of, Rituals for Climate Change: A Crip Struggle for Ecojustice and Sustaining Spirit: Self-Care for Social Justice. Most recently, they co-edited the international anthology, Every Place on the Map is Disabled: Poems and Essays. Ortiz is a Reclaiming the U.S./Mexico Border Narrative Awardee and a United States Artists Disability Futures Fellow. Through their multidisciplinary work, they invite people to imagine how self-care, disability justice, climate action, and other relational practices create a collective future.

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Published

2026-10-31

Issue

Vol. 17 No. 2 (2026): Eco-Crip Cultures: Disability and the Environment

Section

Creative Writing and Arts

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