vancouver island’s mountainous spine protects the coastal lowlands on their eastern flank from the battering storms that blow in from the Pacific — our rain shadow
rain shadow poetics is founded on being of the world, rather than simply in it: we learn from and are sustained by the nature of our place, its languages and forms; we believe that the elements of a bioregion — flora, fauna, weather, ways of being — are inseparable from the psyche that perceives them
rain shadow poetics lab is a place to experiment, where investigations in language lead to deepened awareness of our corner of Cascadia; through this practice of attention, we develop way-finding tools to lead us to who we are where we are — poets of the rain shadow
rain shadow poetics lab 