On Wholeness.. Anishinaabe Pathways to Embodiment

This fascinating exploration embodies the concept of wholeness as a path to our collective liberation. Through reflections on birth, parenting, creative practice, and inclusive responsibility, Anishinabe visual artist Coyle Christie-Peters explores how reconnecting with the body can be an act of resistance and healing. It shows that wholeness - despite pain and displacement - is not only possible, but necessary for liberation, not just for indigenous peoples, but for all of us. With a poetic and honest narrative style, Cowell shares her personal experiences with gender-based violence and her father's survival from residential school, revealing how colonialism separates us from ourselves. However, from the perspective of the Anishinabe people, the body is not just flesh, but extends to include ancestors, homelands, spiritual relationships, and even animals. This bold and inspiring book reframes our understanding of settler colonialism through the body itself. The book “On Perfection” takes us on a journey that begins before birth, in a world where souls and ancestors intersect like smoke in the other world._