exert your energy and know who surrounds you...
aztec bull godmany things will attempt to block your spirit
i am looking for the ghost of a buffalo gone long ago
i was a ghost looking for a buffalo who had been killed long ago
now his horns grow from my shoulders
a wise chief once said question what you see not that you see it
we must remain focused while waiting for thunder
integrity and truth
ideas grow like a tree from his head"
make it up as you goso begins the book we must remain focused when waiting for thunder by
jesse reno.
man, i love this work - when i opened the book, the feeling of it blasted me back to a wondrous Jean-Paul Riopelle exhibit i stumbled upon once upon a time at the Fine Arts Museum in Montréal.
The Riopelle show was overpowering: shamanic, totemic, like walking inside an energetic path of the artist's head; the way marked by symbol after symbol, witnessed by the acute physicality of the marks.
no wonder i had a flashback, considering a recent statement about the work:
"In the latest series of paintings by Jesse Reno, shamanic beings struggle to find their place in a world simultaneously on the verge of expanding and collapsing.
Totem animals and Native American figures reverberate memories of people who once lived as one with nature."
The book and many more works of art are available through the artist's website as well as through Lana Guerra's Etsy site.
Happy hunting for truth to us all and
Happy MLK Day.
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