As we work to free ourselves from the constrictions placed on the Earth by colonial understandings and allow it to come to life again, it’s good to remember that the very concept […]
Colonial and Non-colonial Water
Plastic, Gardens and Drought
The replacement of lawn with gravel to save a rain shadow valley from drought is based on the principle of laying plastic down over the living earth and smothering it so that […]
Art and Life
Art doesn’t belong to humans, but human art has consequences. Here is an art form made by sun and water… Rainbow Over Vernon Object or process? Why must one choose? It’s like […]
A Damselfly in the Wilderness
I live in Oregon Territory. My part is owned by the Government of Canada now, but it started here, in the musings of an American in his last hours. His name was […]
Photographic Punk: Another Look at the Urban Okanagan
Yesterday, I shared a vision for my city, Vernon, in the North Okanagan, based around the notion of steampunk, an art form usually praised for funky flea market jewelry made from recycled […]
Vernon: Steam Punk Capital of the World
Steam punk is a branch of writing and art (especially jewelry and sculpture, romantic novels and visual poetry) that recombines materials from the age of steam and iron, and sets them in […]
The Incubator
For four years I knocked around in the Vancouver Island city of Campbell River, an old pulp mill and fishing town that has met hard times. It contains, however, two remarkable artists. […]
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