Takaka Marble - One of a series of works that I've made over the years. Physically resembling a crescent moon, metaphorically wide open whakaaro tied into the many meanings of marama or maarama.

Kei hea nga koomako?

Where will the bellbirds sing?

Green phonolite, harakeke.

Originally from a set of seven, one for each day of the week. Shown at Sculpture on the Peninsula Christchurch 2022.

I am now 60 years old.

An age I never expected to reach.

60! Tumeke.

Now what to do?

Learn to love myself.

Learn to look after myself.

Biological clock ticking on.

Lived a life of looking after others.

The best I can do is share the knowledge I have gained, create the forms that sit in me waiting to be made, realise dreams, be an example for those that I nurture.

Balance.