As a child, this I believe is how my spine was born. Alfred Codallo's painting, Folklore (1958) at The National Museum and Art Gallery in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, was an initiation. I believe all Trinidadians go through it. The absolute fear and discomfort that is born from douens buries in our childhood DNA.

Douen IslandsKriston Chen1 August 2014In Forests & Wild Skies, Andre Bagoo, Alice Yard, Sharon Millar, Shivanee RamlochanComment