Friends from a distance, strangers from afar.

Encounters given choice, fewer and more joyous.

The couples; the singles; the families; the hotel room; the backyard; her car; their porch; this gap between two trees far enough for a hammock hang, an icebox, a fire, and the tide to slip underneath:

All are islands,

Strung together in a queer ensemble.














Together in those moments the moon is full,

Together when it is hidden and silent.

Virtuality more stranger than embrace,

Ready to burn this isolated world the minute is right.

And soon we shall see, just how close we can become,

In times of light, warm for flesh, drunken with merry,

And high as a kite.









MAHALO NUI LOA E MOKUPUNI

FROM THESE ISLANDS
Aiionwatha, Big Sur, Chilko, Haleakalā, īao Valley, Kaulalewelewe, Kokanee Glacier Provincial Park, Grand Folks, Kalepa, Leslie Spit, Mākena, Muskoka, Kaupo, Kīhei, Lake Gibson, Nelson, Osoyoos, Pāʻia, Polipoli, Sinaloa, Squamish, Stawamus Chief, Telos (Georgian Bay) Tofino, Toronto, Uclulet, Ukumehame, Vancouver, Waiheʻe, Wailuku, Wawona, Williams Lake, Yosemite, Zitácuaro

FOR THESE ISLANDS
Alana and Willy, Andrew, Anna, Artie and Darren and Winnie, Ben, Berkeley, Chris H., Chris and Marie-Sophie, Daiva and Graham, Debra, Denn and Yu Sum, Dinao, Emma, Hoʻoleia, Jamie, Jasmin, Jon, Kaliʻi, Kaliko, Kyle, Laila and Nathan (and Alfie), Loki, Maggie and Swim, Mel, Mica, Mikey, Miriel and Paul, Moʻo and Kalo, Sean and Jacquie, Sheenah, Shelby, Stefan, Tamika, Tanaka ʻOhana, Tilly, Yamaguchi ʻOhana

PERFORMANCES BY
Prologue by Chris "Waxon" Heller
With Music by Kevin Drew & Ohad Bechetrit of
Broken Social Scene
For Right Now Project by Christopher Sachs and Norman Wong
Epilogue by Mel Wright