Growing up bilingual
These stories were collected from the community and represent the various islands our new neighbors in Hawai'i come from. Many growing up will not get to visit where their families originated from--so these stories are preserved in English and Chuukese to show pride in a culture and history that now joins with modern Hawaiian history.
Bezalel-Finding our artistic heritage
I’ve written before about searching for my artistic heritage in a cross-generational, cross-cultural personal history and how recently I’ve come to see Bezalel as my artistic ancestor and inspiration. As an artist, there are certain themes and symbols that are recurring and others that evolve along the way, building upon past experiences and knowledge collected along the way. A recurring image for me is the Ko’olau. I love when traffic is slow coming down the Likelike because I can openRead More