Artist: Nokomis
Ojibwa
Oil on canvas
Original
18" x 24"
"It's the Nature of human beings to make judgements and evaluations. In the area of race, I've noticed that when I'm not on the receiving end of the evaluation process, whether the judgment is a version of noble savage, spiritual guru, victim of circumstance, or drunken indian, none fit my personal vision of who I am in the world.
I was born Ojibwa. I am still Ojibwa. It means I am a Wife, a Mother, and a Grandmother. Love, Anger, Fear, Melancholy, Despair, Hope, Joy and whatever else are part of my day to dat life as they are part of yours. I am a spiritual being but my relationship with Manitou is no more or less significant than yours is with Jehovah, Mohammed, Buddha, or Christ. My imagery is just as naive and simple and even the colors I use are seldom complex. Each painting is a narrative about life in the bush more than fifty years ago.
The message is that you've had your life and I've had mine- and it's only been the props that have been different."
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