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Brooklyn to the Adirondacks for a Shamanic Mother’s Day Dance in the Spirit World
If I stand in a particular position, with my feet apart firmly planted, my arms slightly away from my body, hands facing downward with my fingers relaxed down and wrists just a bit higher, I can feel doves lifting my wrists with invisible strings. As I raise my head erect and proud, I feel a falcon sitting atop my head staring fiercely, proudly forward. Continue reading
Posted in Nature, Shamanism, Spirituality
Tagged Adirondacks, Brooklyn, Chanting, Dancing, Death, Ghost Dance, Lake Champlain, Lefe After Death, Mother Earth, Mothers Day, Native American, Sandra Ingerman, Shamanism, Spirit Guides, Sprituality
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Grammy Culture War – Calling for NARAS Resignations & Boycotts!
May 22nd’s press conference at the Nuyorican Poets Café in NYC was energized by the presence of some of the world’s greatest musicians. Accusations of cultural genocide, ignorance, greed – and a plea to save the Grammy’s from itself – specifically, by recanting the recent action of the NARAS Board to eliminate 31 Grammy categories.
The eliminated categories include not only Latin Jazz, Native American, Zydeco and Polka – but approximately one third of American music. The panelists perceived the decision by NARAS to be racist, destructive, divisive and shortsighted. Continue reading
Posted in Business, Celebrity, Entertainment Industry, Jazz, Latin Music, Music, News, Uncategorized
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DREAMING ART – ALAKSA MEDITATIONS ON A BLOCK OF WOOD
That night, wanting to devote my work to my deepest inspiration, I decided to let my dream consciousness help me decide what to carve.
I set an intention before I go to sleep: I will dream my mask.
I wake up in the middle of the dark Alaskan night from a strong dream:
A strong handsome black man is standing outside of a building gazing up into a large picture window where two other BEAUTIFUL, NAKED, BLACK MEN ARE MAKING LOVE. Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized, Visual Art
Tagged Alaska, Alder, Art, Beaver Teeth, Brooklyn, Cedar, Desire, Dogfish, Dreams, Formline Art, Fractured Atlas, Gender, Helmit, Homosexuality, Jade, Judith Z. Miller, Masks, National Park, Native American, New York, Park Slope, Pink Triangle, Rain Forest, Salmon, Sexuality, Sitka, Southeast Alaska Indian Cultural Center, Spawning, Taxicabs, Third Eye, Times Square, Tlingit, Tommy Joseph, Totem Poles, Unexpressed Desire, Wood Carving, ZAMO
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