In the turquoise waters between the southern Philippines and northern Indonesia, an elderly man from Watunapatto sits in a small wooden boat he built himself from trees felled from the island where his ancestors once migrated when the fishing season changed. The sea breeze caresses his face, wrinkled by time and salt. He doesn’t know…
Ode to the Empty Chair
There are morningswhen silence has a heartbeat. Not loud.Not dramatic. Just…persistent. The house still hums,but it hums with absence.Every ticking clock rehearses a languageI used to know— your language. A mother calling without raising her voice.A father laughing like the day wasn’t trying to break him yet. Now the kitchen light feels like confession.The walls…
Chief of War: A Canoe of Stories on the Ocean of Time
In a world saturated with historical dramas, where the tides of entertainment ebb and flow with predictable rhythms, there occasionally surfaces a craft so singular in its purpose, so beautifully carved from the heartwood of its own culture, that it commands attention. Chief of War, the historical epic from Thomas Paʻa Sibbett and Jason Momoa,…