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@ Art Hub at Spring > JAMIE HAZELTON – Light Of Dandelions

A Spoken Word Performance & Reception
January 22 > Doors 5:00 – Performance 6:00

Free Entry. Snacks & Refreshments. ART HUB At Spring @ 504 Downtown Queen

Jamie Hazelton of Sault Ste Marie will be sharing his book, Light Of Dandelions, a pictorial and prose collage that applies to living, healing and recovery.

Born, raised and come of age in Southern Ontario, Jamie Hazelton moved to British Columbia in the summer of 1988 with what he could fit in the trunk of his 1968 Plymouth Satellite convertible. The following summer, he travelled much of the west and southern United States. Liking the San Francisco Bay area the most, Jamie made that his home for the next +28 years.

Writing became an increasingly beneficial pastime, beginning in 1994. Jamie used the medium and malleability of simply putting words on paper to learn how he felt, deep down, when stirred by life’s unpredictability. Then came the added bonus of humour, intrigue and awareness.

Following traumatic events in 2018, it was necessary for Jamie to return to his place of origin and be with family for a long and difficult healing process. Writing proved an invaluable touchstone to help manage the complexities of trauma recovery.

Jamie took pictures along the way and in 2021 he dreamed of a picture book with one to four lines of original prose inserted into each picture. Light of Dandelions became the title after an experience he had walking through a park and rounding a hedge. He was struck with the image of a field of dandelions gone to seed and waiting for the wind to carry their seeds onward. Late afternoon sun hit the soft circles in a magical way only nature can procure.

A two-and-a-half-year resident of Sault Ste Marie, Jamie has spent the previous year engaged with new surroundings, interesting people and assembling this book enthusiastically.