Something shifted in me today. I’ve felt something shift everyday since I arrived here. I knew I would come to this place and that it would be healing for me but I did not realise the beauty and sacredness of this place and that it would affect me so deeply. It’s absolutely beautiful. The spirit […]

I feel so privileged to be working with these natural pigments of the earth. It feels right and the more I paint with these ochres the more I want to work with them. The colours are so rich and deep, vibrant and alive. And when I am painting it naturally gets all over my hands… […]

I had my first workshop today – it was a stunning day! I woke up this morning after last night’s rain knowing that the land had had its cleansing and now it was time for the sun to shine again… And people came to share their stories about water… One woman paddled over on her […]

10am Sat 28th May 2011 I’ve arrived at Boreen Point to feel the space I will be doing workshops in and I am taken back to my childhood where we had lakes all around us, the water lapping in and out, unlike the sea that is rugged and wild. This water, welcoming me, embracing me […]

8.30am At midnight last night (Thurs 26th) after I had packed my bags, I had this overwhelming feeling…I realized that everything I had done in my life was bringing me to this next journey. It was a pretty big revelation for me. And as I sit here at the airport writing this, I look out […]

I know you fallas know what I’m talking about! Trudy and I were talking about this concept of time today – geological time versus human time – and then there is Māori time! Most times you go to a hui and most times things run OVER time! I say most times because there are some […]