Thank you. Thank you for taking a moment to learn a little about me and the soul behind this work.

My name is Tiffany Arriagada — though today, I also go by Epifania. That name didn’t come from reinvention — it was a remembrance. A name that came through during a deep period of awakening, when I asked spirit, “Who am I really?” Tiffany is derived from Theophania, meaning “manifestation of God.” Epifania is its Spanish sister. The name found me, wrapped in truth, asking me to come home to myself.

Around that same time, I was rebranding my website. I had been going by Blue Arden, but it no longer fit — too safe, too distant. That’s when something strange and beautiful happened. My great-grandmother came to me. I didn’t recognize her at first, but I felt her. I heard the word: Tallulah. It rolled through me like a current. Later, I found out her name was Lula.

Maybe she was saying The Lula. Maybe she wanted to remind me of her legacy — her spirit — flowing through mine. I didn’t know it at the time, but Tallulah means “leaping water” or “flowing water” in Choctaw or Creek. It felt right. The Lula, The Flow, The Spirit. Either way — she got her way. Dear great-mother Tallulah. That is how the name Tallulahmade was born — from ancestral breath, from intuition, and from the desire to create something eternal.

I am a portrait photographer, an artist, a veteran, a traveler, a mother, a shaman-in-training — and also an intuitive and reader. I channel messages, hold space, and receive visions that often guide my art and the people I work with. Spirit speaks in symbols, in light, in shadow — and I’ve learned how to listen. Whether it's through the cards, the lens, or the written word, I am always in conversation with the unseen.

Photography is not something I do — it’s something I am. I fell in love with it in my 20s, but I believe photography found me long before that. It became the mirror I didn’t know I needed — a sacred tool that helped me heal, remember, and reconnect with both the beauty and the pain around me.

People often tell me I have a way of translating their love into images. I believe photography is metaphysical: a transfer of energy from you, through the lens, into me — and then back into the world as art. That is why I do this. That’s why I create.

But Tallulahmade wasn’t enough on its own. My journey had shifted. My spirit was speaking. That’s when La Mesa De Epifania came forward — a sacred table where food, memory, spirit, and culture all have a seat. It became the place where I could gather my identities without needing to fragment myself. A space where I could write, cook, channel, and document this unfolding path I walk — in both English and Spanish, in both logic and intuition, in both body and soul.

I created La Mesa De Epifania and Tallulahmade because I need both to exist. One is the body. The other is the breath. One is the offering. The other, the altar. I want my art, my presence, and my photography to connect deeply with the world. I want to feel and be felt. I want to remember — and be remembered.

And now… if you’ve made it this far, you, my friend, are a trooper. You have the patience of a saint, and I commend you. Thank you — truly — for taking the time to read the story, spirit, and mission behind this work. May it meet you wherever you are and remind you that you are never alone on the path.