Lam Wong and LPY (Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun) Sept 23 - Dec 23 are showing work in LOOK TOWARDS THE SUN at the Chinese Gardens. I’d recommend popping by to see it, definitely worth the trip AND while you’re there pick up the new Paul Wong book Occupying Chinatown. Mom is reading at the present time so feel free to ask her about it.

That’s one thing I’ve always admired about Mom she is a voracious reader. For a woman who grew up in a town that only had one bicycle, hence why she didn’t learn to ride one, and dropped out of boarding school because all the other kids said they were going to but didn’t because their parents made them stay, Dinka is a star. By the time she tried to get back into highschool to get her “veliki maturu” (graduation) there were no parents to advocate for her and the adults in the school system did not help. Education is lost on the youth is an expression I’ve heard before but in Mom’s case it was not wasted as all she has always valued education and never stopped learning. We have the best discussions about life. She loves poetry and sharing the stories of the books she reads , movies she watches and news that travels.

*Here is another recent gem she’s read and shared with me Little Fortress by Laisha Rosnau: a lovely novel.

Now back to, in the spirit of Mom and her storytelling, here are some images of the exhibition discussed above:

These last orange piece flags were added to the Strathcona Park public fence of “piece flag” installation community work: About damn spot, Connecting threads and these now that represent “Truth and Reconciliation”.