Post by Kiki on Mar 18, 2012 22:55:16 GMT -10
This journey has been such a trip! For real! I left Oahu 8 months ago. I landed at the Newark airport in NJ and was on my way to New York. In these 8 months, I've passed through 12 states including Hawaii. I've passed through many Kipuka on the way, but my favorite Kipuka by far is in the district of Puna, Hawaii.
Puna has all these gems that make up the district. It's known for it's real Kipuka, but I see it for the bigger Kipuka that it is. There are so many walks of life here! From the mountain to the sea, there are gods and goddesses and white, black, brown, purple, yellow people and all that follow them! In Puna, you can find every type of religion, every type of art, I swear any type of plant! You can find all of this at a farmers market.
Hands down, my favorite farmers market is found at Uncle Robert's Awa Bar in Kaimu (aka Kalapana). Talk about a Kipuka! It is the perfect dissection of Puna. It is Hawaii at it's finest, purest moment. It's every Wednesday from like 6-whenevers. The uncles play free live Hawaiian music all night it seems. ALL WALKS OF LIFE pass through this place, I swear. In all my journey looking for a native American medicine woman in America, I find her here! Crazy! Anywayzies, this place is just a gem of a Kipuka. And Uncle Roberts family is . . . Well. . A rare find.
Uncle Robert's kipuka is a perfect example for me to follow, because it embodies the "spirit of aloha" and moving forward. And for me, that's what I want Kipuka Theater to be and to reflect. I want us to be the example of utilizing all of our resources, using what we have and moving forward and creating from there. This is where we are as a nation, as native and indigenous people's, as native and indigenous artists. It time for us to pick up the pieces of our selves and move on and create a unique art that reflects where we are now.
This may sound crazy, but I (and i know Andrew can agree with me) want to be able to adopt a "Kipuka philosophy" in everything we do. Just eat and breathe Kipuka. Then eventually I will be back in Puna living that Kipuka philosophy and going to Uncle Robert's farmers market on Wednesday nights.
Puna has all these gems that make up the district. It's known for it's real Kipuka, but I see it for the bigger Kipuka that it is. There are so many walks of life here! From the mountain to the sea, there are gods and goddesses and white, black, brown, purple, yellow people and all that follow them! In Puna, you can find every type of religion, every type of art, I swear any type of plant! You can find all of this at a farmers market.
Hands down, my favorite farmers market is found at Uncle Robert's Awa Bar in Kaimu (aka Kalapana). Talk about a Kipuka! It is the perfect dissection of Puna. It is Hawaii at it's finest, purest moment. It's every Wednesday from like 6-whenevers. The uncles play free live Hawaiian music all night it seems. ALL WALKS OF LIFE pass through this place, I swear. In all my journey looking for a native American medicine woman in America, I find her here! Crazy! Anywayzies, this place is just a gem of a Kipuka. And Uncle Roberts family is . . . Well. . A rare find.
Uncle Robert's kipuka is a perfect example for me to follow, because it embodies the "spirit of aloha" and moving forward. And for me, that's what I want Kipuka Theater to be and to reflect. I want us to be the example of utilizing all of our resources, using what we have and moving forward and creating from there. This is where we are as a nation, as native and indigenous people's, as native and indigenous artists. It time for us to pick up the pieces of our selves and move on and create a unique art that reflects where we are now.
This may sound crazy, but I (and i know Andrew can agree with me) want to be able to adopt a "Kipuka philosophy" in everything we do. Just eat and breathe Kipuka. Then eventually I will be back in Puna living that Kipuka philosophy and going to Uncle Robert's farmers market on Wednesday nights.
