Ecology
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In the heavy heat of summer 2025, reflections on past fires remind us of ongoing struggles against a toxic environment and colonial legacies. The beauty of summer juxtaposes the weight of history and shared trauma. Yet, amidst the smoke and loss, there remains resilience and hope for future creations and connections.
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This is lailuwàn, mid-winter in Unami Lenape, a season of stories, a season in which we tend to talk about anything but the weather and anything but what is actually going on around us. A season where, post-holiday, post-family, community and connection falters. This is a season that is much more than simply speaking or…
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These stories are often more reflective of our actual experiences than any other season. There is truth to be found in stories told in the cold dark of the winter season.
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Understand that part and parcel of looking towards building a healthy relationship with First Peoples and settler governments we must start with words, names, and symbols. For ten of thousands of years people have moved about the land, come to understand it in way that is both spiritual and physical, and have developed names and
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Let’s start here. I met Campbell McGrath during my first semester at Indiana University – Bloomington. He was in town to do a master class with my fellow MFAers and doing a great deal of talking about his most recent collection at that time, Seven Notebooks. He took time with some of early work as
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I received a comment from filmmaker Nick Sherman about the previous posting. He’s made a film titled Soundtracker that follows Gordon Hempton and his quest to capture soundscapes. It looks very cool and thought anyone out there reading the last post might be in to seeing this film. It is available via Netflix. Soundtracker trailer:
Wazhashk Poetry 