I'Ntu Nature Practice

22/02/2025

A young turtle arrives during the nesting festival by the shores of Lake Namlolwe—MuNyanza.

The festival brims with quiet energy as waves lap against the shore. For the first time, she sees so many turtles gathered together in one place, their shells glistening under the moon’s silver gaze. A small voice rises within her: "Wow, I was never alone." The earth cradles this sacred congregation, holding space for pregnant turtles, each heavy with the future they still do not know.

She feels the pull of intuition—a knowing deeper than thought, a calling woven into her body’s ancient design. It’s as if her limbs follow a trail of scent, a pheromonic echo, but this capture carries no weight of constraint. It is a capture that expands, extending into the very curve of her shell. The body of the earth meets her as she settles into the nesting ground.

Fugitive Migration and Becoming: Movements of Ending World Views. A Rebirth of worlds, A migration of memory and becoming, An eternal return to the heart of the earth and the breath of the cosmic sea.

06/12/2024

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OVER MY DEAD BODY - A phrase, a resistance, a threshold. But what if this body—this motion—was an invitation? A fugitive migration into the wild symphony of endings and beginnings, where "worlds views" dissolve and re-form like rivers carving new paths?

Through the alchemy of improvisational movement and theater, this project seeks to reimagine endings not as conclusions but as fertile openings—a probiotic playfield where empathy takes root. Here, the shadows of isolation and conflict transform, nourishing a deep ecology of understanding, compassion, and interconnectedness.

Guided by post-humanist perspectives and the vibrant teachings of thinkers like Bayo Akomolafe, we weave movements that engage with the wisdom of endings: the art of dying as the art of living. This work is an offering to the Earth and her creatures—a sanctuary where unique essences find expression, even amidst fracture and loss.

We invite gifts from the heart, compost, and the Healthy soil to sustain and serve life into this movement of fugitivity, renewal and belonging. Your support breathes life into this co-creation, enabling us to hold space for the re-storying of our shared humanity. To-Gather, We are always falling apart weaving care, grief, and play into the miracle of this moment.

The Great Grand Mothers Trails of the in-Between the Snail and the Turtle.
Let this be the beginning of something wondrous and wild!

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OVER MY DEAD BODY - A phrase, a resistance, a threshold. But what if this body—this motion—was an invitation? A fugitive migration into the wild symphony of...

12/10/2024

“I am thrilled to announce that I’ll be leading a session entitled FUGITIVE SOUNDS: INTU NATURE PRACTICE at the Becoming Monster Festival October 30th-November 3rd.

My session is virtual and on Fugitive Sounds: I'ntu Nature Practice (online) | Wednesday, October 30th: 18:00 - 18:30 EET / 16:00 - 16:30 UTC | Thursday, October 31st: 16:30 - 17:00 EET / 14:30 - 15:00 UTC | Friday, November 1st: 16:30 - 17:00 EET / 14:30 - 15:00 UTC | Saturday, November 2nd: 14:00 - 14:30 EET / 12:00 - 12:30 UTC
you can learn more about it on the offerings page on the Becoming Monster Festival webpage if you follow the link on IG.
Excited to see you then and please register in advance to secure your spot: bit.ly/becoming-monster-registration
Artwork and Becoming Monster artistic direction by , Vunja! Artist-in-Residence.”

22/07/2024

KhaliBaba is more than just a fusion of instruments—it is a portal to other worlds, the worlds where questions are asked without expecting answers, where imaginations run wild and mythical creatures roam free. It is a vessel for the oral tradition, a keeper of stories that stretch back to the dawn of time.

Intuitive Exploration: unique acoustic landscapes, the essence of "sounds of place" every place has its own distinct auditory identity, shaped by both natural and human-made sounds.

17/07/2024

POLE POLE RHYTHM (SLOWING DOWN TO PAUSE).

To those who dare to listen in and between, 'KhaliBaba portal' is where myths and legends become RE-born through the depths of our endless possibilities to imagination, curiosity, creativity, and mindfulness. KhaliBaba also known as the plays a magical role of RE-storying our REalities REsonating through the gentle plucks of metal tongues.

Read More about the lineage of KhaliBaba, rooting from the "Music From the Blood through the Zawose Family from Tanzania -Wagogo Tribe. https://thebabaproject.wordpress.com/2013/06/04/music-from-the-blood-zawose-family/

17/07/2024

“KhaliBaba is the (Omniverse), there is something unspoken in these fugitive sounds, the transmission hidden between the meditative harmonies that speaks to my hearts of hearts and my primordial need to transcend and disrupt my everyday mechanical self towards a life centric trance of aliveness with place. " - MufUNtu

16/07/2024

"I'NTU Nature" is a whimsical and enchanting tale that unfolds through the innocent curiosity of a child and the wisdom of a grandparents. The story begins with a simple yet profound question from the child, asking about the origins of humanity. In response, the grandparents imparts a mysterious piece of advice: "Follow the donkey!"

The child, puzzled and intrigued, persists in seeking clarity, repeatedly questioning the enigmatic phrase, "Dawn-Key! Door-Key!" Yet, the grandparents only smiles and continues to encourage the child to follow the donkey.

As the child embarks on this whimsical journey, a magical transformation occurs. The mere act of following the donkey sets in motion a cascade of events - vibrations, movements, shifts, cracks, chaos, cycles, spirals, fractals and newness. These phenomena symbolize the nature of creation process Itself (I’Ntu Nature practice).

Natural Intelligence Practice; Exploring The Indirect Nature of Working With Place, Grounded into Bantu knowledge systems

16/07/2024

DeaREST, EARTH-lings, SEED-lings, LIFE-lings, HATCH-lings and HEART-lings, Its TIME I show up HERE, (with the CRACKS Over Bodies of our Fractured Fragile World Views, withNESSing the DIGIT-AL PLACE to RE- allow these I'Ntuitive LIVeINg Practice OFFE-Rings to FLOW-Er with Grace-full-Ness with also my human body, mind STILL offering to KNOW-THY-SELF, Deeper WORKing, LIVEing and PLAYing with the EARTH, GROUNDED with BaNtu World Views, Afro-centric World Views, Euro-cetric World Views, REGENERATIVE Living Systems Thinking and The general Living practices I have collected on the FUGITIVE terrains dancing with fields of dreams that CONSPIRE and REFUSE to be CAPTURED and to BE in a completed SENSE.

AIM 1: Open-Tune-Unity (OpporTUnity) - this is simply the 1st step towards an invitation to build and nourish your unique capacity and capabilities to learn how to self-organize, your own energy field that uniquely supports your WILL to GRIEF and HEAL together with the HEART OF THE EARTH as place and people. - using Natural Intelligence, Water, Earth, Fire, Air, Salts, Sound, Movements, Creative Processes, as INSTRUMENTS to help US-WHOLE to Reconcile our Hearts back to the Mother EARTH...Cont.

The Indirect Nature of Working with Place while Re-culturing Living Tribes Today.

16/07/2024