Every seed has a source… And it reproduce new seeds like itself

This is a

Short Story

Tracing my nails, my great-grandmother’s feet, and the dances of our shared sacrum.

This seed is in response to a compelling moment that took place when I was five years old. It was the first time I recall thinking about the concept of mortality.

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

A short video reflection on the shoreline in Nova Scotia.

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.

A moment by the water in Belize

As a response to “What do you desire to hear, see, taste, smell, or touch, as you view this material?” I was inspired to eat rice. Next thing I knew, it had turned into a whole meal.

ALPSP, Seed # 2 FIND MUTYA traversing the rockies, on my way home. What I am making… –Still Image Collage– FINDMUTYA

The body as land.

matrilineal pain

biosonification of an Arbutus tree

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.

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.

1. A poem weaving my ancestor’s experiences in the Red River settlement, including their involvement in the Riel Resistance and and my own experiences teaching inside a federal prison. 2. Painting / Drawing: Ancestral Figure and Child – Reaching Back

A response to what is a seed dialogue with Diane.

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 deaths. This sorrow deeply connects to the losses that these two ancestors in particular had to endure. Where to find faith and trust?