Musings — Writing — Holly Bynoe

Essays, Articles & Musings

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These writings have been caught in the ladder of my throat for years. They have stumbled in obscurity, tumbled with insecurity, illuminated the path of curiosity for many creatives and now they are making light into this world as a way for me to define presence, criticality and engagement more holistically. Sharing is a lesson in generosity and truth-telling.

This is an assemblage of current and past work from the last fifteen years and is a glimpse into the microcosms of informal art spaces and institutional bodies across the Caribbean and further afield. The words, reflections, exposés and travelogues are portals to other ways of being, understanding and coming to terms with our post-colonial contexts, inherent messiness and transformation.

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Sprit, History, Mythmaking

I come from a place that has birthed orphans.

Beings disconnected from sanctuaries of support, from safe spaces that allow for the heart and mind to awaken, quicken, and bloom.

MusingsHolly BynoeFebruary 2, 2024methodology, vitality, spiritualityComment

Letter #1: Throwing seeds, manifesting dreams

If this all feels like spinning plates, then I have managed to share a large part of my creative process, which involves listening in, being patient, taking risks and daydreaming.

MusingsHolly BynoeMarch 10, 20212020, year of infamy Comment

Beginning and End

I can barely imagine what it looked like back then: sparsely populated, rolling hills of dry sour grass, small wooden houses with kitchens and tanks as extensions, thatched galvanized roofs, pineapple skirts on mothers, schooner filled harbours, wharf-less shores.

MusingsHolly BynoeMarch 10, 2021spiritual awakening, memory, childhoodComment

A Sense of Place

Through this controlled retreat into the past, I explore the fragments of souls given voice again to reflect on territory, on the encircling salt that courses through veins, and on the ever slowly travelling being back and forth wondering and wandering within waves.

MusingsHolly BynoeMarch 10, 2021sense of place, memoryComment

Essays, Articles & Musings

Holly Bynoe is a curator, writer, researcher spiritualist and medicine woman from Bequia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. She is currently living between SVG and Scotland and is a PhD Candidate in Shared Island Stories at the University of St. Andrews.

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Essays, Articles & Musings

Holly Bynoe is a curator, writer, researcher spiritualist and medicine woman from Bequia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. She is currently living between SVG and Scotland and is a PhD Candidate in Shared Island Stories at the University of St. Andrews.

For general inquiries, please email pattreeproductions [at] gmail.com. To subscribe to my newsletter, sign up below.

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— Helen Klonaris, writer and healer

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