The pause

pause is an excerpt of a body of work begun during my time as Writer in Residence at the University of Alberta, in Treaty 6 Territory, 2020-2021. This writing was generated through a daily writing practice undertaken in collaboration with Christine Stewart and informed by an ongoing walking, talking, listening with notokwew muskwa manitokan (old woman bear). This practice attempts, through pause and attention, to acknowledge the territory in which this writing becomes possible.