In her latest work, Per(sever)e, Tshedzom moves through internal and physical dialogues that channel the elements, space, and the body. Inspired by Machig Labdron and the Chod lineage, she imagines severing ideas of attachment to self and her habitual ways of perceiving. Surrounded by 108 red strings, throughout the eight-day performance the artist releases the strings of “the self” that envelop her space, as if peeling back the layers of an onion. Her movements portray a tug of war between the modern society of her upbringing and the Buddhist roots in her Tibetan body. As she releases the strings, she attempts to sever ideas of the self while being in the present. For the movement, the artist listens to her body and draws from the five elements present in the Kalachakra Cosmology illustration.