MANY OF MY IDEAS OF JAMAICA PRIOR TO RETURNING AS AN ADULT WAS SKEWED BY STORIES OF HORRIFIC VIOLENCE AND PERVERSE CORRUPTION YET MY TRIPS THERE WERE NOTHING LIKE THAT NOR WAS IT ALL ABOUT SIPPING ON COCONUT WATER AND LISTENING TO BOB MARLEY IN THE WAY WE SEE IN MAINSTREAM MEDIA TODAY. WHAT I EXPERIENCED WAS COMPLICATED. I FELT THE VIOLENT MISHANDLING OF RESOURCES AND TROUBLING INSTANCES OF PHYSICAL VIOLENCE BUT WHAT I EXPERIENCED AND WAS DRAWN TO WAS THE PEOPLE AND THEIR VOICES. TILL I RETURN HOME AGAIN EXPLORES THE RESIDUE THAT CAPITALISM AND COLONIAL RULE HAVE LEFT BEHIND ON THE PEOPLE THROUGH THE LENS OF MY FAMILY HOPEFULLY GIVING THEM A VOICE.