This TED Talk features filmmaker and composer Kayla Briott, recorded live at TED 2017.

When I was four years old, my dad taught me the Taos Pablo hoop dance, a traditional dance born hundreds of years ago in southwestern USA.

A series of hoops are created out of Willowood, and they're threaded together

to create formations of the natural world, showing the many beauties of life. In this dance, you're

circling in a constant spin, mimicking the movement of the sun and the passage of time.

Watching this dance was magic to me.

Like with a time capsule,

I was taking a look through a cultural window to the past.

I felt a deeper connection

to how my ancestors used to look at the world around them.

Since then, I've always been obsessed with time capsules.

They take on many forms,

but the common thread is that they're uncontrollably fascinating to us as human beings,

because they're portals to a memory,

and they hold the important power of keeping stories alive.

As a filmmaker and composer,

it's been my journey to find my voice,

reclaim the stories of my heritage and the past,

and infuse them into music and film time capsules to share.

To tell you a bit about how I found my voice, I'd like to share a bit about how I grew up.

In Southern California, I grew up in a multi-generational home,

meaning I lived under the same roof

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