I planned to spend one month in Bahia experiencing the deep symbiotic relation to nature that permaculture pointed to, for me. To continue learning capoeira with masters as a way to deepen my understanding of how one can acquire another’s culture and experience by emulating their body movements. I then intended to live for three months in Rio to subjectively explore the emotional and psychological landscape of the city and investigate the idea that “the favela is the university of malandragem” as I was told by one of the many people I had previously quizzed on the subject.

At the start of the residency I wrote
“My ways of inhabiting my body will change but some will stay the same. As I change within the currents and interplays of self, environment and culture how much control do I have over this process?”
diary Bahia, Brazil January 12th

On April 22nd 2009 I wrote

Fisayo has been Street Training for about a year now hesays his aproach to it is 'having fun, looking after people, loving kindness, peace, movement and physical and mental well being. encouraging adults to have more confidence in their own creative and physical abilities.' more about him - my name is fisayo i speak spanish i want to learn chinese. I'm learning capoeira. i made up my own language called slip.

I got together with the boys who train capoeira at Atelier favela at largo das letras in Sanata Teresa, Rio. We did an informal session when they told me about their neighborhood in terms of safety and joy. They said there is no risk to them in this place, they have nothing to steal and they know everyone. What they do for joy is ride the tram in wild and wonderful ways which they they then demonstrated.