"Living Penumbra" is a "coming to life" story about the modern-day vision quest a transgender artist embarks on in search of a heightened sense of self and purpose.

     Everyone struggles to figure out who they are and what to do with their lives at some point, right? I took it personally.

     When I decided to embark on a modern-day vision quest to figure it out, my friends and family thought I was crazy. Maybe I was.

     I was positive that a cosmic intervention would deliver me to a heightened sense of identity and purpose when I declared my intention to the universe and followed the signs and synchronicities. It did.

     Over twenty years ago, I left my world behind to embark on an amazing journey. "Living Penumbra" is an untainted and sometimes-chilling account of that journey, told through a series of intimate journal entries spanning over fifteen years.

Seraphim Penumbra is an intersex, transgender performance and installation artist, curator, and NYC nightlife luminary-in-exile.

They have performed in numerous NYC at venues including the Roxy, the Knitting Factory, in Jackie Factory's legendary "Night of 1000 Stevies," Crobar, Cabaret Magique, Plaid, Luxx, ToyBox, BB King's, BoysRoom, and Joe's Pub. 

Seraphim has received notable mention in Next Magazine, HX Magazine, Time Out, New York, and Paper Magazine, and made appearances at the opening of the Chelsea Museum of Sex, at the Tribeca Film Festival, The West Village Halloween Parade, in promotion for The Legend of Leigh Bowery, at the opening night cast party of Taboo, and in the films Shortbus, and The Flaming Creatures Sequel.

They wrote and toured "Otherwise," a cabaret show featuring shadowy renditions of carefully curated obscure little ditties and frank discussions about living as an intersex person in the queer community.

Seraphim has recently completed a B.S. in Computer Animation and they are currently producing a series of short-format animated features, as well as Café Penumbra, the cyber café and podcast.