Encounters Journal is a space to help me document, reflect and credit those people, institutions and places I encounter in my creative journey. I have met many people from whom I have learned so much. So many places, moments and interactions have inspired me on a personal and a professional level. It’s very important to document those interactions in some way. It’s also a way to credit and acknowledge those who have shaped who I am. The journal will also feature other reflections and analyses of past and present issues I often deal with in my practice. As an oral culture, we often feel like we have not been able to document our knowledge and life. Sometimes we also blame others when they write about us or portray us in certain ways. Well, this is a one of those spaces where we can write about ourselves and be the authors of our own stories. How we lived them, and how we wanted them to be shared. Today’s encounters are tomorrow’s history. I want to write my own history and celebrate those who I encountered. Hopefully this journal can be a way to decolonize the present so we can have a future of our own.