Elemental : What Stories are Made of

The story of ELEMENTAL is complex and wonderful
& involves great learning for me!

WHAT IS ELEMENTAL? Through the ELEMENTAL initiative,
the Vancouver Society of Storytelling worked with 5 different communities in Vancouver from March 2011-June 2012. In workshops, each community created stories using different elements as their central metaphor (air, earth, water, fire, metal). Physical legacies and community celebrations followed. On Saturday June 9th, 2012 a bicycle/bus tour showcased ELEMENTAL as part of the 19th Vancouver International Storytelling Festival.

I was excited, proud and honoured to work alongside Naomi Steinberg, friend and community builder, storyteller and artist extraordinaire.
Naomi is an elemental force for good in Vancouver!

My task was two-part.
1. to organize a bike ride to showcase the ELEMENTAL project.
2. to create a zine / artbook documenting the project.

eighty eight : Video R E L E A S E D !!

very excited to announce
the Video I directed and produced
is finally officially RELEASED.

watch the video at bcclettes.ca

eighty seven : leading folks in song

success!!! i led a group of community folk in a song as part of songs for birds   a public event at our neighbourhood park that i co-facilitated with my housemate Jenna. I did it. It sounded good us all joining voices together. The woodpecker nesting close by liked it too.

pictures on Ant’s website

five: i will cook food for you

On the other side these tokens say:  “i will cook food for you”

I made these tokens as an effort to stimulate supportive community. I was heading down to the Occupy Vancouver site, and anticipated being around many people who i had never met. My intention was to strike up a conversation with folks, talk about my art project, and ask them:

“would you be willing to cook food for someone in the next two weeks?”

If willing then i would give my new acquaintance a radiating heart token as a reminder of their inspiration to support another person.

Use what you got.