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Pomo Honoring in Sebastopol: August 2010
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Pomo Honoring in Sebastopol. Tuesday, August 17, 2010. Essie Parrish watercolor study. Preparing to paint for the Pomo Project involves a lot of research. Some of the most fascinating aspects of Pomo history and culture involve healers or dreamers of the Maru tradition. Essie Parrish was a Maru dreamer of the Kashaya people up on the coast. Our library system has old VHS videos of her dancing and leading her people in dance. The costumes and flags come from her dreams. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Raised ...
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Pomo Honoring in Sebastopol: April 2010
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Pomo Honoring in Sebastopol. Thursday, April 29, 2010. It was wonderful to be there. The beautiful structures belong. With the trees, racing clouds, undulating land. We felt deepened and renewed. Here's my watercolor sketch of the roundhouse and a photo of Sterling painting. Thursday, April 15, 2010. A wonderful resource is Hinth'el Gaahnula (Talking Indian): a narrative history of Lake County Pomo through 1900. Thursday, April 1, 2010. The gallery members involved in the project include ceramicists Chri...
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Pomo Honoring in Sebastopol: March 2011
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Pomo Honoring in Sebastopol. Friday, March 11, 2011. Vana Lawson: A Dream in Her Honor. Last night I and three others from the Pomo Project- Janey Hirsh, Laura Shafer, and Sterling Hoffmann- attended a memorial service to honor her memory and her life. We were deeply moved by the outpouring of affection witnessed by so many she had sheltered, counseled, and nourished over the years. In the pre-dawn, I had this dream:. Protection for the children of destitute families. Indian gaming seen in a new light.
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Pomo Honoring in Sebastopol: May 2011
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Pomo Honoring in Sebastopol. Tuesday, May 17, 2011. Planning Sebastopol's Second Annual Pomo Honoring Month. The intrepid helpers of the Pomo Project. Are beginning to meet again, thinking through the challenge of creating events for this year's Pomo Honoring Month. We have among our active planners two new friends from the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, Lorelle Ross and Jeannette Anglin. Their insights and connections with Pomo artists and speakers are invaluable. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Pomo Honoring in Sebastopol: October 2010
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Pomo Honoring in Sebastopol. Thursday, October 21, 2010. Watercolor Image about Healing Pomo History. This watercolor painting, Black Wolf and the Pomo Girl. Arose in the mysterious way that images in the Blue Coyote. Series arise. First the title, then a wondering what it might look like, how to paint this request from the unknown. Black Wolf comes to release her bitterness and suffering, so that the Pomo people of today can be happy and at peace. They are by the ocean, the place where way-ya. Some folk...
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Spirits, cycles & waters: Thunder Woman in the Far North
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Spirits, cycles and waters. Saturday, July 25, 2015. Thunder Woman in the Far North. As I continue to explore healing in the Arctic as a key to averting climate catastrophe, it's natural that a powerful spirit guide would appear. Thunder Woman in the Far North. She touches life everywhere because the conditions of the Arctic effect every place and every being. Mysterious when she first appeared in my imagery,. Last night I attended a concert with Väsen. A trio of master musicians from Sweden. I don't...
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Spirits, cycles & waters: May 2013
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Spirits, cycles and waters. Friday, May 17, 2013. I visited Susa Silvermarie's website. Recently, and found these beautiful lyrics to Amazing Grace:. Amazing Grace, how sweet the earth,. The dirt between my toes,. The sun pours down upon my crown,. The mighty river flows. Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound. Of bird song in the trees,. The air is dense with fragrant scents. Soft floating on the breeze. Amazing Grace the ocean swells,. The waves break on the shore,. The moonlight rides upon the tides,.
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Native Peace: December 2010
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Tuesday, December 28, 2010. Watercolors for a Palestinian peace activist. Then I tried picturing peace via his desired alternative: one state/equal rights. It was easy, smooth, radiant. So I painted an imaginary flag of such a country, using colors from the Israeli and Palestinian flags, symbols of their 3 religions, land and water. Her sisters bought this painting, which she calls Imagine. A non-profit, Christian ecumenical organization seeking justice and peace in the Holy Land through non-violence and...
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Native Peace: July 2012
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Tuesday, July 3, 2012. Reading Derrick Jensen, Painting Salmon. My friend Angela Ford gave me a copy of Derrick Jensen's A Language Older Than Words. Just in time for me to be reading it during the days I was painting Salmon Sonnet. Acrylic on canvas, 16 x 20"). This was a profound confluence. Jensen's book is possibly the. Metaphorical, but fundamental, everyday reality. Affirming non-human consciousness and celebrating inter-species communication is where I've come through my 38 year commitment to crea...
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