The Gatherings (part 2) 2022

"and what are these words they spin?..."

As this series of "The Gatherings" was being made, I recognize elements and ideas from earlier works. 

Essentially, I love making them.

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works on paper, 2022

11" x 15" (28 cm x 38 cm) on larger paper

inks, walnut ink, watercolor inks, some with collage

"they had the Sight to see this Ring of Light..."	"they wanted to come here_they heard the songs..."
"as if watching a dream, you brought me here..."	"Father and Son""
"by the last Light of Day..."	"tracing footsteps, before anything had changed...""
"unseen in the twilight...""	"Shade Spinners"

"we were there, all the people we could have been..."

"Classmates...where we were, who they are..."
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"they understood the speech of birds..."	"and the Wind will speak their Names..."
"they began to talk in poetry..."	"the evening arrives, once again"..."
"listen to their songs, the musical poetry..."	"Mothers and children, the same as ever..."

"one enchanted evening..."

"Ancestral Ceremony"

"at this hour of sunset, they played the native sounds..."

"drawn to the voices of people singing and joyfully feasting..."

 

"they knew the gift of understanding..."