"I read it with deep appreciation for its message"

-  Coretta Scott King

"A perfect book for anyone dealing with anything at anytime"

- Internet Review

Dear Trina,

...I find the whole tape totally beautiful, delightful, reaffirming & touching and wonderfully read by you.  And the music is perfect thanks to Bob.This is a marvelous thing you've done.

lots of love,

Sally  (from the Montclair Bread Company   - Sally & Will create bread with their hearts and hands and organic ingredients.   They distribute it with love.)

“This Easter I journeyed to San Diego to join the vigorous youthful dance troupe of EVEOKE for the opening of their spirited expression of Hope in dance.  To see the dedication and energy of these women, so intent to express the important issues of our times, was truly an inspiration.  I think some of the introductory words in the dance program are worthy of repeating here.” - Trina

..."Women can be, and are, catalysts and perpetuators of improvement.  It is our continual concern that in everything we do, we "Evoke" new thought, perceptions, and ideas, both in ourselves and in our audiences.  In this piece, we wish to evoke hope; difficult, sometimes next to impossible, for our new generation to find in the current state of our power-filled, money-run, plastic, intolerant world.  Without hope, we have to fight for the dear lives of our spirits, souls, and even physical selves.  Thus, we are able to recognize the most pressing need to preserve hope and evoke it in as many people as possible.

Trina's 1972 tale, Hope for the Flowers, is one which my mother read to me on many occasions of my growing up, and was a natural choice for our company's goals with this production.  It also enabled us to continue our exploration of imposed social doctrines that we began to deal with in Birth, Worth, and Hand-Me-Downs. Thus, Hope for the Flowers has become the second work in a trilogy of shows handling the important theme of Self vs. Institution.  I am aware that people may find butterflies and fairies a bit fantastical, perhaps a bit unrealistic.  But let us assure you, that in a world doused in ugly concrete, neon light, and acid rain; in a world of powerless people, repetitive cycles of hate an intolerance, rampant child, woman and minority abuse, frequent and growing occurrences of rape, AIDS, crack, guns, and impending Fascism, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO BE AS FANTASTIC AS POSSIBLE TO FIND OUR WAY THROUGH THE RAT MAZE WE'VE LANDED IN AND BACK INTO A PLACE WHERE SPIRIT CAN STILL BE SPIRIT.

...This dance, born of ourselves, we hope will nurture the fantastical in all your hearts and minds."

-Gina Angelique