I have been traveling in New Zealand for five months now. Many serendipitous occasions have lead me to pivotal moments of choice and life decisions. I have spent a lot of these five months alone, reflecting on the land and how I am changing it. How I impact the earth and what I can do to leave a positive footprint. I have spent a lot of time whispering to myself about the ways of the world.
What is love. What is nomadism. What does it mean to be lost. What does it mean to be poor. self-employed. young. artist. performer. Traveling internationally as a young american woman. What are strangers. What is the first impression which I give off? Why does everyone fear the unknown? Why do people fear diversity and difference? Why do people fake that they are in love? Why do people fake that they are happy? Why do people marry young? Why do kids have kids?
Why do young people settle when they haven't seen the World? There is only One world. And luck had you born into it. The world doesn't regionally section you off, society and language have managed that bit. So here you are. Comfortable, why are you content? You are born when your parents let you go, why does the spirit of our youth population die when they graduate University? Why do so many people seem directionless? Know what you want and tackle it.
I love New Zealand. These mountains breathe. The water is more pure than I am, Human. The bird song is an outcry for invasive species extinction for the native flightless, damn possos. There are so many beautiful reasons for me to be here and share my work, my art, my world view.
I came here to dance and create films. I am living that dream in Wellington, NZ. What does this mean?! I can dream again. Go, Do.
My appreciation for the purity of this landscape is beyond words.
When in the middle of the night, I found myself digging out a hotwater spring, mid-winter, at the edge of an icy river, the foot of a mountain, beneath an upside down nightsky, in the snow...I realize in that moment I was born onto this earth to BE OUTSIDE, to LIVE OUTSIDE and GROW UP OUTSIDE. We are animals dressed up in suits. And these Earthquakes and Tsunamis? They are just the Earth fighting back. Life is so simple, money and power complicates it. I am happiest, without.
