A poem exploring spirits. Originally published in Briarpatch Magazine, March 2021.

Time for confession

I don’t know if I am done, or if I will ever be done finding new questions. It’s an open endless question with no interrogation or answer

creative cookie-bunny buddies natty abdou & hitoko okada finally had a chance (thanks to this residency) to reflect more deeply on their collaborative relationship, journey & praxis

I felt compelled to be in the forest, my grand mother and great grand mother on my mother’s side speaking to me. Through my eyes, I felt that they were telling me to protect love and the lonely. 

This is a

A spontaneous expression of a song my grandmother could have taught me… To hear it, you had to be there.

The spiral is an image that is seen in nature, in Indigenous symbolism, and in the fascia of the human body. It can represent both stability and spinning out of control, and I wanted to explore the intricacy of the spiral as a movement within the collaborative creative process.

Urban Libation; A Song in Stills You had to be there to hear it.

This is a poem inspired by Sarah Rossy’s poem “Eat the Fruit” and connects with a drawing I did of my ancestor during the Ask the Mountains online arrivals process in 2022.

matrilineal pain

Images created during our Seedpool; Moving Together Arriving Together residency at Prismatic Arts Festival 2023 in Kjipuktuk/Halifax. Poetry from Arrivals 2024

A response to the idea of balancing ourselves. How do you practice self care? How does your self care extend into your community? How does your self care impact your ability to collaborate effectively?

If we only ever collaborate in english, what meanings will be unavailable to us?

Zainab and Larissa share some ideas.

Song demo. Harp and voice.

Created during the Arrivals’ Seedpool; Moving Together Arriving Together residency at Prismatic Arts Festival 2023 in Kjipuktuk/Halifax. Inspired by Anju’s sewing machine…

A short video reflection on the shoreline in Nova Scotia.

Image of a seed cycle of life.

sensing into the birth right of roots systems & their entanglement as a source of wisdom – natty abdou shared a seed & zainab amadahy got curious – how are entanglements & healing connected? it has sparked an on-going dialogue that is still unfolding & rich in its questions, paradox & openness