Story as Ceremony: Holding Space for the Birth Story Medicine Project
I’m honoured to be collaborating with Destiny from Attune Studio on the Birth Story Medicine Project, a multidisciplinary exhibit created for the Reclaiming Birth Conference in Montréal.
This project is a powerful reclamation of birth storytelling — not just as personal narrative, but as art, as ritual, and as healing. It brings together a group of contributing artists, each offering a piece that reflects some aspect of their birth experience or connection to it — through sound, visual art, text, movement, and more.
My Role: Interviewer and Story Keeper
My role in this project is to interview each of the contributing artists and gather the stories behind their pieces. These recorded conversations will be linked directly to the physical artworks in the exhibit, inviting visitors to not only witness the art itself, but to hear the voice of the woman who made it — in her own words, in her own way.
It’s an honour to hold space for these stories — to witness the behind-the-scenes process, the tender truths, the creative edges, and the medicine that lives inside each piece.
Art That Speaks
By pairing each work with its creator’s voice, the exhibit becomes a living archive — one where visitors are not just viewers, but listeners, participants, and witnesses.
This process reflects something I believe deeply: that storytelling is ceremony. That speaking our truth, and being heard with care, changes us. And that even just listening — quietly, intentionally — can be its own kind of healing.
A Deep Bow to Destiny
This project is the vision and heart-work of Destiny from Attune Studio, whose dedication to community-rooted storytelling and ritual art continues to inspire me. She has woven together something truly meaningful for the Reclaiming Birth Conference — and I’m grateful to be part of it in this way.
Come Listen With Us
The exhibit will be live at the Reclaiming Birth Conference in Montréal this October, where attendees can engage with each story in multiple ways: visually, audibly, and energetically.
To learn more about the project and the participating artists, visit:
