The first thing Terse says when I arrive to learn jaki-ed weaving from her is that this type of weaving almost disappeared. She says I need to write about how she revived it. How she pulled the strands of leaves and the patterns that look like stars unblinking from worn out photographs in the only … [Read more...]
Weaving Workshop Reflections: Part I
I’m back to rainy Portland, Oregon, after I spent three weeks of September in Majuro for a weaving training. For three weeks I learned from master weavers back home – mostly under Terse Timothy, a woman elder from the island of Ailinlaplap. Terse has been credited with reviving the traditional … [Read more...]
What I will tell my daughter (to Matt and Tony)
We just lost two climate champions for the Marshall Islands within days of each other - former Minister Mattlan Zackhras and former Climate Ambassador Tony DeBrum. Both were major players on the international scene, in raising awareness on climate change and also on nuclear testing. But … [Read more...]
Reflections
Note: this was originally posted for prel.storytellers.org. This past week I’ve been in Palau attending the Pacific Education Conference where I presented on “Activating Youth Voices for the International Stage” alongside my friend, photographer Daniel Lin from the non-profit PREL … [Read more...]
“Butterfly Thief” and Complex Narratives of Disappearing Islands
My latest poem video has finally been released. This was a simpler poem video than my last one (Islands Dropped from a Basket) created for the Honolulu Biennial this past February. "Butterfly Thief" was a poem that was curated by an energy company in London called Good Energy whose mission is to "is … [Read more...]
Three Poems of Mourning for Teresia
Poet and scholar Teresia Teaiwa passed away last week. She was a mentor and a teacher to me and and as a fellow Micronesian her writing has influenced and guided so much of my work - but more than anything she was just simply an amazing person and friend. She was her work and her writing, but she … [Read more...]
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