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'Between Somewhere and Nowhere is the Sky- a gift' is a piece that was inspired by my Christmas trip to my home, Nigeria, in 2022.
The poem is a reflection on time spent with family (both nuclear and extended) but also a documentation of my way finding in life outside of home.
Mfon Etim-Inyang describes himself as "your favourite heartbreak artist."
(a.k.a friend)
Instagram: @etiminyangmusic
Theresa Imegi is a story lover, youtuber, planner and a foodie ๐
(a.k.a friend)
Instagram: @chatswitht
Hector Amiwero is an actor, performer, filmmaker and creative entrepreneur.
(a.k.a friend)
Instagram: hectoramiwero
Sola Olowo-Ake is a storyteller, designer, design researcher and a poet
(a.k.a me)
Instagram: @kehindeolowoake
Image taken by Ariella Horvath
Toyin Olowo-Ake is a retired banker, lover of community and an amazing host.
(a.k.a mum)
Instagram: @toyino.a
Hรฉlรจne Day Fraser (HDF) is a designer + researcher, thinking-making with companions
(a.k.a friend & colleague)
Instagram: @helenedayfraser
Seun is a writer, producer, fangirl and lover of all the arts
(a.k.a older sister)
Instagram: @seun.olowoake
Jihyun Park is a designer, maker, visualizer and a fun-lover
(a.k.a friend & colleague)
This poem is from Jihyun's poetry book, 'ํด์๋ณ์ ๋ ธ๋' (Songs of the Sky and the Star)
Instagram: @jihyun_joha
... (read the poem in Hangul with English Translations below)
์์ ์- ์งํ ๋ฐ
Little bird- Jihyun Park
๋ด ๋ง์์ ์์ ์์ผ
My little bird in my heart
๋์ด ๋ ์ง ์์๋ ๊ด์ฐฎ์
You don't have to fly high
๋ฎ์ ๊ณณ์๋ ๋ณ์ ๋ด์ ๊ณณ์ด ์์ด
Stars also exist in low places
๋ด ๋ง์์ ์์ ์์ผ
My little bird in my heartย
๋ค๊ฐ ๋ ๊ณ ์๋ ๋ฎ์ ๊ณณ์๋
You can fly in low placesย
์ฌ๋๊ณผ ์์ ์ ๋ณ๋ค์ ๋ง๋ค๊ฒ
I will make love and freedom among the stars [here]
์์ผ, ์์ผ
Bird, bird
๋์ด ๋ ๋ ค๊ณ ๊ฐํด์ง์ง ์์๋ ๊ด์ฐฎ์
You donโt have to become strong to fly high
๋์ ๊ณณ์ ๋๋ฌด ์ถ์
The high places are very cold
๋ค๊ฐ ๋ ๊ณ ์๋ ๋ฎ์ ๊ณณ์๋
In low places you are flying
๋ฐ๋ฏํ ๊ตฌ๋ฆ์ ํ๋์ ๋ง๋ค๊ฒ
I will make a sky with warm clouds for you
์์ผ, ์์ผ
Bird, bird
๋ด ๋ง์์ ์๊ณ ์ด์ ์์ผ
My pretty little bird of my heartย
๋๋ ๊ทธ์
You are just
์ฌ๋์ฒ๋ผ, ์์ ์ฒ๋ผ, ๋ฐ๋ฏํ ํ์ด์ฒ๋ผ
like love, like freedom, like warm sunshine
๋ ๊ฐฏ์งํ๋
when you're flapping
๋ด ๋ง์์ ์๊ณ ์ด์ ์์ผ
My pretty little bird of my heart
Kiitan Abel-Ajala is a lawyer, singer, writer and 'poet'
(a.k.a childhood friend)
Instagram: @ooreoluwakiitan
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