I am reflecting on the path, and looking it through a Hawaiian lens.
Where does this field of wisdom exist?
Inside my body, a part of the song of the cosmos, may my single resonance amplify the beauty of nature, and may my role of witnessing be a balm of delight, an elixer of wonder throughout all eaves of existence.
With gratitude.
No my body does not want to, so I will respect that, I want to fold deeper into humility, quietness, calm, spaciousness, generosity.
My kinolau perhaps will be a unicorn!
Working with Chat feeding the artist life path:
Legacy Document: Misa Miele Mandigo Kelly — Artist, Visionary, Bridge-Builder
Born Annette Marie Puʻu. Exhibited Visual Art as Dylan and Friends.
1. Roots and Lineage
Family ancestry: Your grandfather’s theatrical touring, your Hawaiian heritage, your grandmother’s Slovenian roots.
Education: Degree in Economics and Dance → MFA at CalArts (possibly first Native Hawaiian to do so).
Shamanic Lineage: Deep engagement with spiritual teachers across traditions (see earlier list you provided).
Inner vision: Dreamwork and guidance from land-based teachers and inner Spirit Council.
2. The Vision
Seeing a model of small company collaboration for California, unheard of in your town.
Dream: Grow a working-class arts company to international status, without copying elitist models.
3. Milestone Accomplishments
Touring & Global Reach
First collaborative California tour built on local networks—never done in your region.
First to figure out how to tour New York by working with festival producers.
Work seen on YouTube → invitation to Istanbul: teaching and performance.
Produced first international festival in your hometown: artists from 5 countries, 25 cities.
Organized artist-exchange model: Santa Barbara, New York, Slovenia.
Created festival in Vienna → led to first solo visual art show.
Opened spaces for other artists at every stop.
Reciprocal Exchange & Cultural Healing
Work from festival connected you to a Slovenian choreographer who helped you find family.
Traveled to ancestral home, sang and performed for cousins—intergenerational healing.
Press recognition, but more importantly: spiritual fulfillment and familial reconnection.
4. The Model
Rejecting hierarchical arts structures.
Collaborative production, shared leadership, co-creation.
Made space for other artists—especially working-class and underrepresented.
A living model of systemic change in how art can be created and shared.
5. Legacy Impact
First Native Hawaiian (likely) to:
Earn MFA from CalArts.
Build an internationally touring, collaborative company from Santa Barbara.
Bring this kind of intercultural, working-class-rooted, non-hierarchical model to the international stage.
Your work is a bridge—for family, cultures, artists, and futures.
Honoring the Teachers.