This seed was inspired by Nadia Myre’s poem, Under the Sky Blanket. I’ve been sleeping with a bowl of water next to my bed. The swaying lavender boat and little figure is praying to the stars and greater powers that be.

In the video, there is a pawpaw tree and dry woods; the young pawpaw is dancing & jubilating sensing the rain as life, the same rain that falls on the lifeless wood made it decaying from time time… What goes well with someone might turn to be deadly or fatal for another person. “LESSONS OF LIFE”

Excerpt from solo performance I created with ALP sourced material and resilience.

A team guided by Diane Roberts and Gerry Trentham came together to first participate in an Arrivals Personal Legacy Process and then follow with an interdisciplinary creation period using Gerry’s Fields process and Art of Peace aesthetic within Kaersten Colvin-Woodruff’s sculptural landscape.

Dog puppet. Cat puppet. Ostrich puppet ? A small shrine. Animating the animal inanimate.

Sc̓rsiłməlx( Syilx) / Oregon Grape Bush (English) Medicine A traditional healer, Sc̓rsiłməlxin the Syilx language of this territory of the Okanagan First Nation, is a blood tonic, an antimicrobial, a laxative, and can ease stomach irritability.

matrilineal pain

Morning thoughts and poetry The words came in one wave I now wonder how many other waves will follow to shape it Using voice? paintings? video? What will grow from this seed?

ALPSP – Seed #3 – FIND MUTYA A sound collage of vocals and loops to convey the essence of forgiving my past in order to keep moving forward. Note: Trigger warning, there are sound samples of a gunshot, a guns trigger being pulled back, glass shattering and breaking, heavy metal slamming.

A visual poem inspired by Julie’s invitation to honour the broken.

A moment by the water in Belize

This video is of a collaboration between Rosemary Georgeson, Jonathan Langdon and Julie Tamiko Manning that took place in September 2023, at The Final Steps, a monument on a pier in Kjipuktuk/Halifax, where each have ancestors that crossed this threshold between land and water.

This piece was made in memory of those we have lost and those who have struggled and sacrificed so much, so we could be here now.

Travelling between two worlds. The Sea, it’s history and my ability to stay the course.

Short Story

How can I move my body, as if I am moving my ancestors’ body? How can I then search for pleasure and joy in my body for all of us? How can I commit to carving out space for joy in this physical realm and their spiritual realm? 

I felt compelled to be in the forest, my grand mother and great grand mother on my mother’s side speaking to me. So much sorrow in my heart from many recent losses. Then, a new beginning…

Painting – digital watercolor and acrylic

The 3 small bata drums (Omele Bata) with 3 different seeds embedded in them i.e 3 different tones: one has “do” tone, the 2nd drum has “re” tone while the 3rd drum has “mi” tone. This 3 drums were played in unism by the drummer to produce a beautiful sound / tones: Lesson: live in peace & unity with