The Ocean Runs Through It (kākou)

“the ocean runs through it (kakou)” uses patterns, plants and other imagery from resting places of family members who have passed in Malaysia in the form of Hawaiian quilt squares, and tiles connecting across the Pacific. I desire abundance: of beauty, of growth, of imagining new futures. This work is a reminder that there are reservoirs of strength I can draw upon from those who have passed away as I try to imagine and construct new futures. Those we have lost: their labor, and their love, are resources that are always available to us as we navigate this world. On Life After Death: An illumined soul continues to have an influence on progress in this world and the advancement of its peoples. It acts as “the leaven that leaveneth the world of being, and furnisheth the power through which the arts and wonders of the world are made manifest.”- Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh