Two key ideas foundational to developing policies & structures in organizations that work across cultures

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

AGOGO AYO (gongs of joy or bells of joy) The 2 indigenous musical instruments used in this music are significant and philosophical among the Yorubas. Whenever Agogo or sekere is played, it signifies joy, it produces sound of joy.

This is an excerpt of an experimental video piece showcasing work I’ve done to make a series of masks as well as a set of wings. The wings are made with fish skins I have collected and tanned from two sides of the Pacific.

Offered without any desire to missionize or colonize your beliefs.

a love note of gratitude to my ancestors

During my 4-month ultrasound, my doctor informed me that my baby seed girl was in prayer pose.

This is a series of still images, from video footage taken by Gwen Armstrong, fellow participant in the Arrivals Co-Lab Residency. Fresh into her ALP work, a young Jude Wong found herself wandering through Vancouver’s China Town, and met with her Father at the Wong Benevolent Society.

A solo reworked piece of old and new sounds. How do we listen with our hearts? How do we open our bloodlines and hearing wide enough to receive the words and messages our ancestors and beloveds are trying to convey to us? How will we respond, when they do?

How did no one tell me we are made of mountains? What a secret to keep.

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 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.

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…

Inspired by Olalekan Adekokan’s Agogo Ayo, I explore the balance between then and now, here and there.

This poem was sourced in Kingcome Inlet,BC and at an unknown river on the island of St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

A response to what is a seed dialogue with Diane.

What the Ancestors taught me about leadership.

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?

The rabbit hole, the chase, the discoveries.