ABSTRACT
This chapter explores a performative inquiry that I undertook over two months of singing at the Burrard Inlet in Vancouver, British Columbia. The chapter examines this inquiry as informed by the framework of currere and looks at how singing can open portals of connection to a plurality of relationships with the natural world. My field notes which are included in the chapter suggest a shift in sensory perception in my experiences of singing at the water: an opening of vision and a shift in identity into a deepened interconnectedness during these periods of practice. The chapter also explores doubt, loneliness, and ongoing uncertainty in this process of bringing my voice into deeper relationship with the more-than-human world around me. I specifically explore my relationship with a certain set of birds—crows—who unexpectedly became curriculum makers with me. Through the lens of my own practice, this chapter examines the role and concept of ritual in cultivating relationships with the other-than-human world.
