Chase, Choice, Consequence was created as a CD booklet of spoken word poetry. In 1996 I was living in Toronto with my partner. We had a small, cute little house in Etibicoke. We were both from Montreal and my partner had found work. I left Montreal to join her and start my new life in Ontario; Nine months later I was born and on a plane to Busan, South Korea to teach English. This was a major turning point in my life. I had always wanted to be a writer and photographer … now I was one. I wrote a book of poetry and have carried it with me ever since. This CD booklet done for a course project was the closest I came to sharing my story and inward journey. Perhaps it is fitting that today, Mother’s Day 2022 I am posting this, once again giving birth to my new self. Later this morning I will be returning to Toronto for an exhibition that will feature 3 of my portraits. Here are the pictures and a few poems … eventually the shoulders and body of this work will emerge …