artifacts

Beautiful comics by @chloloula providing context sorely lacking if you’re watching mainstream media. This is about land rights, indigenous rights. Only nominally “pipeline protests,” mislabeled by media with (literally) vested interests in oil and gas. #wetsuwetenstrong #indigenousrights #landprotectorsnotprotesters #landconnectedlifeprotected https://www.instagram.com/p/B9EoMS8gIbQ/?igshid=17jdeix9768u5

#tbt Sunday charging station. #reset #recharge #hiwwa #bryoniewise (at Parkdale, Toronto) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8t7HH1Adih/?igshid=wwin2h9qy3c0

Snow day ❄️ #drawing #chalkpastel #abstractart #abstraction #winterscene (at Parkdale, Toronto) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8gz3-ZgllY/?igshid=52cwgfo9xlod

#playingwithwatercolor #playingwithpaint #shakeitup #splashy #linear #abstractart #abstractpaint #watercolor (at Parkdale, Toronto) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8HujK4Arkr/?igshid=1a2xhcs7lymvc

#playingwithacrylic #acryliconboard #carvedlines #playingwithpaint #abstractpainting #abstractart #shakeitup (at Parkdale, Toronto) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8HuXWIgF3W/?igshid=s17yha8n094b

#playingwithwatercolor #playingwithpaint #shakeitup #splashy (at Parkdale, Toronto) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8HuJi4g_8W/?igshid=1o8r9ibpqkrmi

2019 — Much to my chagrin my Instagram year was rather neutral beige. How could that be? #yearofcolour #shakeitup https://www.instagram.com/p/B8Ht1dyAfko/?igshid=1bltgd7ywmby6

#studiotime #vintagekeys #poetryjam #geoffnme #experimentalmusic #spokenword (at Roncesvalles Village) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8CmTdoAVui/?igshid=1nxnajr7u0r7v

22. #melancholyobjects #lostlist #polkadots #yoghurt #pomegranate #eggs #foundart (at Roncesvalles Village) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8CmGLcA_8R/?igshid=yh3magwyjee

21. #melancholyobjects #urbanthaw #lostkitty #willyoubemine (at Toronto, Ontario) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8CmB1YgUYl/?igshid=bpr6egwuphjt

20. #melancholyobjects #nofilter (at Seabright Beach) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8Cl6e1g7hA/?igshid=aerm6bmq9lo9

Stick out your tongue and say “ah” #scratchythroat #alienshavelanded #californiawinter (at Santa Cruz, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8ClsNcgJoz/?igshid=1rvf72lgzl6ta

19. #melancholyobjects #Californiawinter #thealienshavelanded #alienparkinglot (at Santa Cruz, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8ClMavgz29/?igshid=p9rmho9s51er

Such a sunset. #santacruz #familywalk #pacificocean #californiawinter (at Seabright, Santa Cruz) https://www.instagram.com/p/B76A5ylAcLL/?igshid=1rpnjmv3c3bi2

The Boardwalk #nostalgia #firstrollercoaster #santacruz #childhoodmemories (at Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk) https://www.instagram.com/p/B76Am91A8ig/?igshid=s1oqgbfkm4r5

Seabright sunset #gloriousgolden #gloriousday #familywalk #santacruz (at Seabright, Santa Cruz) https://www.instagram.com/p/B76ARFAguKc/?igshid=bq6webyva21e

I am twice honoured, having won this award last year in the poetry category. I had to check that it wasn’t a mistake when my friends told me I was on the list!