This podcast is about hearing the voice of guidance in your life, and how and when you follow it - or not! hazel bell kowski shares profound and moving stories about how she came to be a “roadie” for a collection of powerful silk screened flags that themselves “hold space,” literally. If you want to reflect on your destiny, your intuition, your teachers and elders, and the sacred livingness of the object world, listen to this brilliant, humble artist whose “first language is colour.” 

bio: 

hazel lives at the edge of the wild pacific northwest woods, with fresh water streaming past, the prints of bear and dog on the ground, the sounds of ravens and eagles overhead; a place which has helped bring her artistic impetus - awe & reverence of the created world - into a sharp focus. The Joy and Ease which comes with seeing and celebrating life naturally uses her training and experience to create expressions of colourful love. 

Beginning with a BFA from Ryerson University, hazel has maintained an inter-arts practice for over twenty-five years, weaving inter-generational storytelling and art-making circles into healing community work, all supported by her unique perspective on connection. She has partnered with groups as disparate as the Toronto District School Board and the Institute of Noetic Sciences, Grassy Narrows First Nation and the Wild Salmon Caravan. She has had the great fortune of training and working with IndigenEYEZ, which has offered her the opportunity to witness the transformative nature of stencilled flags, both in the making of them and in the hanging of them to shape sacred spaces. 

Her art has at its heart the intention of creating kinship among all the creatures of our world.