IKAIKA MENDEZ: FROM HAUMĀNA TO KUMU, BECOMING THE VERY ʻEA OF HAWAIʻI.
“Oh, that’s what I learned, that’s what I learned 20 years ago!” And that’s just the purpose of a Kumu - is to help this young adult grow, to help this human grow, as a BETTER human for society.”
- Ikaika Mendez
be delusional.
be delusional.
“What makes me delusional is music-making. SO many things within music and performance itself can be applied to the way that I teach, and the way that I TEACH others to teach, and how I live life.
You’re thinking outside of the box: What are things that I can challenge, what are things that I can do that nobody’s ever done before, and THAT’S what makes me delusional.”
.. - IKAIKA MENDEZ.
