As a Christian and a martial arts pupil, I’ve usually wrestled with the concept of self-defense. Plus Pores and skin: the seduction of floor at the Artwork Gallery of Nova Scotia; Tuning into Dalhousie University Artwork Gallery’s Sounding Selves; Holding on with efficiency artist Stephen Mueller; Examining the social historical past of women labourers with Emily Davidson’s Agitate, Educate, Organise; Snapshot Opinions of Michael Pittman’s Haunted Halfand Troy Lovegates AKA DIFFERENT’s exhibition at (((Parentheses))) Gallery.Turning the lens inwards with photographer Jaret Belliveau; Exploring Alexandra McCurdy’s tribute to arduous working women and textile -imagining Pictou, Nova Scotia at the W(here) Competition; Transforming Level Pleasant Park’s Gatekeeper’s Lodge with Lisa Lipton’s Window Ballet 2: Electric Boogaloo; Nate Larson andMarni…