{"id":12824,"date":"2020-03-25T21:14:43","date_gmt":"2020-03-26T01:14:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/care\/?page_id=12824"},"modified":"2025-01-29T16:47:34","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T20:47:34","slug":"care-package","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/care\/","title":{"rendered":"Care Package"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\n\t

Care
\nPackage<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\n
\n\t

Poems, meditations, films, and other cultural nutrients for times like this.<\/h3>\n

Curated with love by the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\n
\n\t

\"\"<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>

\n
\n\t
\n

We<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n

are able to exhibit courage and strength in our greatest moments \u2013 but what about our most impossible times? Where do we find wisdom within the vast unknown? How do we stay grounded when everything is up in the air?<\/h4>\n
<\/div>\n

At SmithsonianAPA, we think deeply about how to best show up during challenging periods. We always find the answer in our community.<\/span><\/h4>\n

Care Package<\/em> is a collection of creative offerings by artists, writers, and scholars who we have collaborated with in recent years. Here, you will find a range of approaches to addressing uncertainty, anxiety, and grief through vision, reflection, and healing. Most have been exhibited in past programs, but have never been made widely accessible until now.<\/h4>\n

While this body of work may not hold the solutions for everything, we hope that it helps you find some calm amidst the chaos.<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\n
\n\t
\n

 <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

\n
\n\t

Table of contents<\/span><\/h3>\n

Not So Distant<\/a><\/span>, a guided meditation by Yumi Sakugawa<\/h4>\n

AFTEREARTH<\/span><\/a><\/span>, a short film by Jess X. Snow, Kit Yan & Peter Pa<\/h4>\n

Between You and You<\/a><\/span>, a poem by Sham-e-Ali Nayeem featuring Qais Essar<\/h4>\n

Whakarongo<\/a><\/span>, an embodied journey by Jack Gray<\/h4>\n

Photosynth<\/a><\/span>, a soundbath by Low Leaf, Alex Abalos & Adam Labuen<\/h4>\n

Current, I<\/span><\/a>, a poem by Lehua M. Taitano<\/h4>\n

Tea(r)ism<\/span><\/span><\/a>, a guided meditation by Naoko Wowsugi<\/h4>\n

Kitchen Remedies<\/span><\/a>, an archive of recipes by People's Kitchen Collective<\/h4>\n

The Corner of Heart-to-Hearts<\/a><\/span>, a zine by Chad Shomura & Yumi Sakugawa<\/h4>\n

What Time Is It On The Clock Of The World?<\/a><\/span>, a song by Nobuko Miyamoto & Juan Perez<\/h4>\n

Learning Together<\/span><\/a>, resources for K12 teachers searching for Asian Pacific and Pacific Islander narratives<\/h4>\n

SmithsonianAPA takes pride in compensating artists with respect and equity. Artists are particularly affected by the challenges of current events, and we encourage you to support them however you can. Learn more about SmithsonianAPA's community-centered commitments.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\n
\n\t

<\/a><\/p>\n

Not So Distant<\/h2>\n

A guided meditation by Yumi Sakugawa<\/h3>\n

In\u00a0Not So Distant<\/i>, artist Yumi Sakugawa stewards us through a meditation on life in deep space, in a future where Planet Earth exists only in historic memory. By summoning our connections to ancestral knowledge, Sakugawa leads a slow, restorative voyage to demonstrate that, wherever we are in time and space, we can find solace in simply being Earthlings.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\" one person or more
\n\"\" a quiet, comfortable place to sit
\n\"\" 12 minutes<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

\n
\n\t\t\t