Catching up on sleep today. I woke at 10am Istanbul time and went on a bus tour, came back and slept for another four hours! I reckon I’ve tuned into Istanbul time now, but am heading home on Thurs – back to a different timezone, different weather… I’ve really enjoyed the weather here. Even though […]

He atua – he tangata He atua – he tangata Those words are sounding in my ears as I write this. It reflects some of the korero of today’s eco-sapiens round table forum for ISEA. Atua – it is not what our European colonisers have labeled a single “god” but rather a collection, a community, […]

Today I had more insight into how the Turkish people operate and have come to the conclusion that they are very industrious! They are not people that sit on their butts all day – they are definitely doers. On every corner you will see someone selling something – grilled corn on the cob (which I’m […]

I’ve been feeling a little homesick now and then. Yes I am having an amazing time but there is a part of me that longs for air, the sea… home… I’m sitting in a park as I write this. It has trees and I was so excited when I came across it so I decided […]

Such an eventful day – I don’t know where to start! I listened to some interesting kōrero at the conference today and I painted this rock while sitting in on one of the panel sessions… very interesting ideas about perception and participation, intuition and energy… and during the keynote speaker, I wrote a whole lot […]

Uncontainable – it’s part of the title of our exhibition which is opening here in Istanbul tomorrow at 6.45am. It reminds me of being uninhibited or unable to be contained or locked up, locked into a way of being or thinking… I wonder if culture is like this? Seeing and meeting the diverse range of […]