IN JANUARY 2017 I PARTICIPATED IN AN EXHIBITION “BLACK ELK, LAKOTA WARRIOR, MIGHTY VISIONARY” AT THE CANYON CROSSROADS MUSEUM AT CELEBRATION PARK IN IDAHO. I CREATED THIS TARPAGE “GREAT CIRCLE OF LIFE” INSPIRED BY THE FEVERED VISION BLACK ELK HAD WHEN HE WAS JUST 9 YEARS OLD. HE SAW SPIRIT HORSES GALLOPING FROM THE FOUR…

IN A BRIGHT ROOM STREAKED WITH SUNSHINE, THE FIRST WARM DAY SWAGGERS INTO VIEW. BEDAZZLED EYELIDS AND OPEN DOORS, THIS MOMENTARY ROLLERCOASTER IS DRAWN A LITTLE LEFT OF CENTER. PLAYFULNESS, A WELL OF JOY, A DOUBLE LIFE, A MISCHIEVOUS PERVERSION, A MARVELOUS CROSSWORD PUZZLE CLUE. BE DRAWN TO THE WHIMSICAL. SEEK COMFORT AND SLOWNESS. READ…

1. GO. CREATE A CHORUS. HEAR THE UNITY BEHAVE LIKE JAZZ. MOMENTARY, ORIGINAL, FLUID. A FLOOD. OR A FIRE. 2. BE A MASTER OF THE LONG GAME. DON’T MUMBLE. DON’T SET LIMITS. JUST FLOW…. A LACKADAISICAL APPROACH, BY DESIGN. YOU MUST SHAPESHIFT, REINVENT. BE POETIC. DISSOLVING BOUNDARIES EMPHASIZES THAT BECOMING DOES NOT HAVE TO END.…

EVERY DAY WHEN LIGHT SPARKLES IN THE STORIES OF CHANGE A TURNING POINT CASTS A NEW LIGHT INTO THE FUTURE. ANOTHER LIFE IS REBORN PROJECTED TOWARD ETERNITY. STORIES START FROM LAYERS OF HISTORY, ALWAYS CHANGING LIKE A SNAKE. SEVERAL REBIRTHS CHANGED MY SKIN. STOP TIME, MAKE ETERNITY POSSIBLE THROUGH MANY REBIRTHS. WE ACT, WE LIVE,…