Love, Joy, Peace, and Light

The following video depicts the author’s movements from silence into utterance. It narrates a French, nehiyaw ᓀᐦᐃᔭ âpihtawikosisân and Denesuliné Dinjii Zhuh, Scottish, British educator’s journeys through ancestral pathways into contemporary well-being. As importantly, the video illustrates: - The disjuncture of rhythmic cadence vacillating within liminal spaces. It is compelled and guided along ancestral pathways from darkness into light.- A synchronicity of rites of passage.- Inhalation and exhalation of breath.- Blood memory awakens drum song singing ancestors into being. Moreover, the video is a celebration of First Peoples of Turtle Island honouring the gift of life embodied encircled together. ᐊᐧᓂᐢᑲ waniska.