ᎭᏫᎾᏗᏢ HAWINADITLV (beneath)

What is a ritual? It is how we prevent death. It is how we become aware of the experience of life. Rituals connect us directly to other living beings, in particular plants. Our most basic rituals are the simple and profound acts that we repeat everyday. We empty our lungs. We release our bladders and bowels. We sweat from our pores. We cut our nails and style our hair. We exfoliate our skin and clean our teeth. We rent our face. All are mundane, all are elevated moments of spirituality. Each gesture delays our decay and creates the nourishment for the rhizome. Our rituals produce co2, water, and fertilizers for the rhizome.

The rhizome graciously receives these offerings. What does the process of the receipt sound like? What likely unperceivable to us movements does the rhizome make, each and every root, depending on what it is receiving? Can we even begin to perceive the depth of its way of sensing, sounding and dancing? And what of the beings who knowingly and unknowingly, willingly and unwillingly transport the discarded parts of our being?

Of these ideas and questions, we create music and dance in honor of the majesty beneath our feet.