first step ~ toronto

walking walking walking ~ this a walking city and i'm enjoying the cityscape and glittering hum of activity as i walk through neighbourhoods of tree-lined streets mixed seamlessly with the commercial ones... many conversations with friends and family, exploring raw food restos (LIVE organic food bar ~ you must go! 264 Dupont St. @ Spadina, 416-515-2002) and generally enjoying a pace of life centred around connecting with the people i love and with no other agenda than to do just that!

went to the commemoration of ken saro-wiwa on thursday nov 10th and was blown away by the passion and talent of performers (d'bi young, sara slean...), and the courage of his family. 4 grade 8 students read their thoughts on how people shouldn't be mean to people, it's not fair, and that everyone should know the plight and purpose of ken saro-wiwa. rohinston mistry read from ken's fictional writing about a man who "went mad"; he began singing and dancing for no apparent reason. through a series of interventions to "cure" this malaise, his family kills his spirit and then kills him. crushing. poignant. and unsettling, that kind of joy and abandon is punishable, not celebrated. seen as a disease, not a natural state....

well, this freedom 35 for me is also about tapping that untamed joy and creating the conditions within me and around me for it to be unleashed... unabashed, constantly, without apology... i've been sharing my enthusiam and energy with a focus on my work with santropol roulant for the last 5 years and feel and see the impact that has had on the world around me... but what of the world within me? let us see....