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Jennifer Goya
Remember Lehua<\/em><\/strong>, 2020
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When I was a child, I remember sitting cross-legged on the classroom floor as Kupuna Gora and Kupuna Wong shared songs, stories, and language lessons. Among them was the story of Pele and \u02bb\u014chi\u02bba, a tale of love and loss. If you pluck the lehua blossom, they told us, rain will fall like tears, symbolizing the lovers\u2019 eternal separation. From an early age, I learned that all native life, including plants, animals, and natural elements such as earth, wind, and rain, are living embodiments of Hawaiian deities, a belief that continues to shape how I see the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remember Lehua<\/em> began with the image of a lehua lei and the gesture of plucking its blossoms to call the rain. I wanted participants to see themselves reflected in that motion, to move, to reach, and to witness the blossoms fall like rain. Through digital artifacts and interactive movement, Remember Lehua<\/em> reimagines the \u02bb\u014chi\u02bba Lehua story as a living, evolving memory\u2013 one that connects mythology, ecology, and personal remembrance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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