How did we get here? Who came before us? Who are we in relation to our ancestry, the land we are from, the land we are on now, the bodies of water we live in, the bodies of water we crossed, and what responsibilities do we have together, here, now?
Inspired by the interdisciplinary show by Corrina Keeling that I had the pleasure to be a part of years ago.
Have you ever wandered the lands of your ancestors? Do you hear them calling from the center of the earth? Do you feel alone, far away from home? Darling don’t you know, you carry all their hopes
Oh my brothers and sisters Does blood really run thicker Than these bodies of water That hold us together?
Take a moment to remember who paved all these roads Under our feet on this journey to create a new world Which wings made the winds that blow to these distant shores So we can finally tell these stories they couldn’t before
Oh my brothers and sisters Does blood really run thicker Than these bodies of water That hold us together? Oh my brothers and sisters Does blood really run thicker Than these bodies of water That hold us together?
So run, run, run We ain’t done So run, run run We’ve just begun