After a year and a half of not drawing, collaging, or doing artist-trading-cards, I suddenly jumped back in. Well, not suddenly. Friends started asking if I was drawing any more, and I realized I missed this most meditative of my activities, and took up my pens and water-color pencils. Art asks nothing of me. I have no ambitions for my drawings other than to enjoy doing them and showing them off sometimes. It's so different than how I experience my writing or poetry. Refreshingly simple.
So here are some recent ATCs, sent off to the far corners of the country and the world. These were done for a swap to feature Native American themes. I chose to use words from Native poems or quotes from Native chieftains.
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| And yet, there is only one great thing. The only thing: to live to see in huts and on journeys the great day that dawns and the light that fills the world. -- Inuit Song |
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| As my eyes search the prairie, I feel the summer in the spring. - Chippewa song |
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| How lovely are thy holy groves God of heaven and earth. My soul longs and faints for the circle of they trees. My heart and my flesh sing with joy to thee O God of life. - Chinook psalter |
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| When you arise in the morning give thanks for the morning light for your life and strength. Give thanks for your food and the joy of living. If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies in yourself. - Tecumseh |
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