Live & lead by love

Creative Practice and Interfaith Ministry

Creative Practice

At the core of my deeper purpose is a talent for creative communication.

As an artist in sound, song, music and written and spoken word, I am open to commissions and collaborations that express the impulse to liberation in the context of our intertwined and pluri-versal lives.

I am particularly interested in projects connected to the landscape of the South Downs and the diverse histories of its people, land and creatures.

Recent Creative Commissions

Chalé Gayé (They have departed/died), a multilingual soundscape and tribute to the fallen Indian soldiers of World War 1, by Razia Aziz. Originally commissioned as part of the Witness Stand season, Brighton Festival 2022. Listen here: Razia Aziz | Brighton Dome
A filmpoem by Razia Aziz, Naomi Foyle and Wendy Pye – Ways of Seeing Trees: in memory John Berger.
A filmpoem by Razia Aziz, Naomi Foyle and Wendy Pye – Salt, Snow, Earth (2025)
Valley of Dreams / Wadi-e-Khwaab: a speculative short audio story, part of the We Hear You Now audio trail in the Seven Sisters Country Park, created by Alinah Azadeh and other writers of the global majority

Creative Work

I am available to lend my voice, and one or two instruments, to your gatherings, ceremonies, celebrations, rites of passage. I have been commissioned at times to write songs and poems for particular occasions. And occasionally, I perform in concerts, cabaret events and recitals.

You can hear some of my music and read some of my writing here.

Events & Performances:

Both Sides of the Valley podcast, part of the We See You Now Project
You’ll Never Write Alone – Writing our Legacy, A Changing Chalk Blog
A Soundscape, created as part of the Witness Stand project for the Brighton Festival 2022
Diversity Lewes organises in silent honour of George Floyd
Community Event in Eastbourne

Writing:

Recorded Music:

Hungry
Magic Woman (coming soon)

Interfaith Ministry ~ Services, Ceremonies and Rituals

As a one spirit interfaith minister, it is my privilege to conduct inclusive services, ceremonies and rituals, crafted with people of any – or no – faith / philosophy in mind.

Contact me for anything from a 1-2-1 rite of passage in a woodland, to a funeral service for hundreds of people in a chapel, a wedding blessing or child naming for a select circle of friends and family in a marquee. It’s all about co-creating with you an experience that is especially fitting to your purpose and those that will attend, in which each and every one feels included and able to find their place.

Speaking Engagements

I speak inspirationally and provocatively on a wide range of topics – for example from sexuality, spirituality and religion to managing the squeeze between having an ageing parent and school-age children; from middle class and non-disabled privilege to why it’s important to listen to indigenous peoples’ wisdoms; from forgiveness to what ‘levelling the playing field’
really means.

Connect with me:

Phone: 07976 916250

Email: razia@waytu.co