Poppin' Off Pānui #4 - 117 days to go
In which craft and discipline surrender to mystery, faith and the workings of wairua
ESSAYS
(244)From the Latin exagium, meaning to weigh.
e OHO - Wake up!
Poetry submission to the Ministry for the Environment on the NAP, 2022
If people aren't listening, you probably aren't speaking their language
Bring in the translators! aka the poets and rappers
First words: If they don’t come to you, then you might have to go out and meet them
It's not procrastination, it's not science, it's something else entirely
If we were logical, the future would be bleak
I felt like we needed some light relief this Wednesday - here's Lois, in a throwback from the archives :)
Poppin' off Pānui #3 - Are we really fucked?
In which I enthusiastically share with you what I'm thinking, reading, watching, making (with a brief eulogy to a beautiful departed friend)
The myth of 'special treatment' (how not to silence yourself)
It was like an awful, angry, bittersweet gallery of memories and stories. Never any preamble. Just a ricochet of disembodied words, unanswerable questions and occasionally a shard of poetry.
Poppin' Off Pānui #2
In which I enthusiastically share with you what I'm thinking, reading, watching, making (with an invitation to kaituhi Māori)
Treasures passed down
Whaea Betz made us think about the things we inherited, and the things we didn’t. It’s difficult to pass on something you did not yourself receive.
The ones that got away (and how it feels to see them again)
You never love a new place the same way you loved the old place. You must learn to love differently.
Te Papa Tupu: Mentorship Programme
Applications close in a week - should you apply?
"Pop off, Mum" (a pānui #1)
When you're not sure if your kid is mocking you or encouraging you