STRONG EYES:
A VLOG
What happens when a filmmaker turns the camera on his own wounds and tells the truth about ceremony, belonging, and the fear of being judged? This raw, unfiltered reflection follows a spiritual path shaped by ayahuasca, sweat lodges, Indigenous teachings, and the hard question of what it means to honor sacred traditions without flattening them into dogma.
Strong Eyes Ep. 2 Cowboys and Indians (REDUX)
New Strong Eyes VLOG available on a very polarizing topic. Mark's point of view may surprise you.
When two divided worlds collide on sacred ground, the easy reaction is outrage. The harder, more necessary path is looking at the wounds underneath.
In Strong Eyes Ep. 2: Cowboys and Indians (REDUX), Mark unpacks the tension surrounding white nationalist groups gathering on former Kamloops residential school grounds.
Beyond the political friction lies a deeper reality: colonization has severed all of us from community, grief, and the sacred.
True reconciliation won’t come from arguing over institutions. It requires an "inside job"—facing our collective grief, honoring innocence, and respecting sacred ground that was never ours to politicize.
Read the full reflection and watch the episode here:
