Interviews

An Interview with Meg Cody

An Interview with Kody Gabriel

An Interview with Paul Jolly

An Interview with Lydia Mansfield

"Since the fires, I have found that simply being a listening ear is vital, as people still want to talk about their experiences and how they helped."

There were six of us total: three men and three women. Our trip focused on disarmament and making people more aware of the concerns surrounding nuclear war.

I remember my first day of fieldwork, walking into a high-severity burned area. It was dramatic—all these black, dead trees, but with bright green fireweed growing underneath. Seeing that contrast and observing all the new life returning was inspiring.

Paradoxically, the ecological impacts of logging are actually lower in a green forest than in a burned one.

I make an annual bingo card at the start of every year, and one of my slots was "Go swimming in the Pacific Ocean." I put that on there before I even knew I was moving to Portland.

There are spaces where the tapestry still needs to inform me of what happens next, or where the ideas clarify as I weave.

Gleaned from interviews with Jonathan Vogel-Borne