Connection to me is the active practice of better relating—to self, others, land, lineage, and the unseen—in ways that create meaning, responsibility and belonging.

By deepening our connection with the material and immaterial worlds we inhabit—self, one another, and the land we occupy; creative energy, our ancestors, future descendants, and the spiritual realm—we root ourselves in meaning and purpose and draw on the life force that sustains all we do.

This might look like: 

• self-reflective and healing practices to reintegrate our relationship with ourselves
• creating and protecting spaces that allow us to gather to find joy and belonging in our shared identities & interests
• learning from indigenous land-based practices as a form of repair to the human relationship with nature
• experimenting in radical relationships & community models that strengthen collective power & possibility
• protecting and preserving ancestral rituals and traditions that connect us to who we are and where we come from

To me culture are the rituals of understanding, connection, expression & celebration that communities practice

I have worked across cultural research, production & curation, crafted stories & designs of social innovations that move people from away from logic to emotional resonance. The formats vary but what remains constant is that the arts and creativity are the strongest forces I know for moving us towards a better world.

This might look like: 

• telling powerful stories that increase awareness and understand and evoke some form of change
• holding intimate sessions that reconnect people to their creativity, discovering new means of sense-making & self-expression
• exploring rhythm and dance as forms of healing, knowledge preservation and ancestral connection
• music as a political technology uniting and empowering people around a common cause