Kāhui Whetū
Toi iho, Hon. Dip Art & Design, Art Laureate, Arts Foundation
Toi iho, Hon. Dip Art & Design, Art Laureate, Arts Foundation
Carin Wilson
- e
- w Pukeruru Studio
- region Tāmaki Makaurau
Discipline and Expertise:
From my head to my hands and what's in between, that is the heart; these are the three zones out of which I function. I came to realise early in my life that if I wasn't working in a way where they were all integrated, then I keenly felt the sense that something was missing. The essence of it for me is that it's absolutely vital to a life that's achieving balance, as we make our way through it. If any one of those is cut off from the other, then we are in a temporary turmoil trying to bring them all back together again.
Ko Tane whare hangahanga.
My creativity is the synergy of my heart, my conscious mind and hands.
Ngā Aho is a very powerful structure, artistically and creatively, to be able to work within. All my life, I looked for it until we established it. The beginning of this journey is what I sometimes think of as the beginning of my odyssey. The path that we each tread in our lives. It's got a sense of mystery about it. To be able to engage at the multiple levels that a creative life enables, it's truly a privilege, truly an odyssey.
The value of Ngā Aho is that it's multidisciplinary. I'm a maker, but I wish I could think and do all of the things that a landscape architect is thinking. As I realise how important their contribution is, I could only have discovered this through my engagement with the other leaders in that discipline and beyond.
Ngā Aho is my extended family. The impact on my life as a maker that those relationships have had is profound. I just know that I wouldn't be who I am now without the gift of those relationships. The support, the encouragement, the manaaki.
The hui is always the power focus of our culture. The energy that passes between people and the energetic aura that we all function within, once we are together. To find a way that you can share and tease out what that creative process means. To become fluent in how you engage with that power focus, it's magic.
Collecting our narratives in whatever way we can in our work, it's not just about engagement with technology or the sensitive use of materials. It’s about presenting an idea that enables us to create that point of reflection. That reflection point, which might move another soul in the same direction that the creator was moved in.
I think that we are foolish to ignore the fact that we are in crisis now. Optimism, despair and in between there's this action model, or framework that we can connect with for solution seeking. I think Ngā Aho is one of those action areas. We have everything that we need to be true leaders in this space.
If we allow ourselves to grow our engagement with the rest of the planet, we will come to understand its importance as a whole. It makes us more powerful. It permits us to engage in a way that we can share more readily, and can do all those things to contribute to resolution.
The value of Ngā Aho is that it's multidisciplinary. I'm a maker, but I wish I could think and do all of the things that a landscape architect is thinking. As I realise how important their contribution is, I could only have discovered this through my engagement with the other leaders in that discipline and beyond.
Ngā Aho is my extended family. The impact on my life as a maker that those relationships have had is profound. I just know that I wouldn't be who I am now without the gift of those relationships. The support, the encouragement, the manaaki.
The hui is always the power focus of our culture. The energy that passes between people and the energetic aura that we all function within, once we are together. To find a way that you can share and tease out what that creative process means. To become fluent in how you engage with that power focus, it's magic.
Collecting our narratives in whatever way we can in our work, it's not just about engagement with technology or the sensitive use of materials. It’s about presenting an idea that enables us to create that point of reflection. That reflection point, which might move another soul in the same direction that the creator was moved in.
I think that we are foolish to ignore the fact that we are in crisis now. Optimism, despair and in between there's this action model, or framework that we can connect with for solution seeking. I think Ngā Aho is one of those action areas. We have everything that we need to be true leaders in this space.
If we allow ourselves to grow our engagement with the rest of the planet, we will come to understand its importance as a whole. It makes us more powerful. It permits us to engage in a way that we can share more readily, and can do all those things to contribute to resolution.