news | Wednesday August 28, 2024

sophie anne edwards on CBC

sophie anne edwards chatted with CBC Sudbury about her forthcoming poetry and visual art collection Conversations with the Kagawong River.

An excerpt from the article: ‘“So over two or three years, I started leaving little cardboard and paper letters on the river for the river to engage with. So I would find, for instance, an otter trail and leave [poetry] along the otter trail, or I would hang pens from trees for the trees and the wind to write together.”

The letters might get moved around by animals, and the resulting combinations might not spell words in either English or Anishinaabemowin, but Edwards saw the process as one of collaborating, she said.

The process forced her to slow down and pay attention and taught her how the ecosystem changes over time.’

Read the article here.