more artwork for your canada day consideration.
the above image was taken at the Kamloops Indian Residential School and is the front gate around the building. it features a teepee, and i added the rest.
Showing posts with label canada day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label canada day. Show all posts
Sunday, July 01, 2012
re: oh kanata.....
hello friends, foe and lovers,
more artwork for your canada day consideration.
the above image was taken at the Kamloops Indian Residential School and is the front gate around the building. it features a teepee, and i added the rest.
more artwork for your canada day consideration.
the above image was taken at the Kamloops Indian Residential School and is the front gate around the building. it features a teepee, and i added the rest.
re: kanata day
hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,
it's Kanata day, a day that first nations, metis and inuit both loathe and maybe celebrate across canada.
we are a people that have many unresolved issues, actions and history with our government and citizens. we have a hidden history, one most people across the vast country called canada do not know even exists. i always have a challenging time with this celebration, because internally i'm wrestling and struggling with it, because both my parents went through the meat-grinder of the Residential School system and are complete messes as a result. i have no relationship with them, and it saddens me, and my kids are at an age where they are starting to ask about them. what do i tell them? the truth? no, they're too young, and i want them to have some sort of childhood. so, i soldier on, and tell them bits that i can and wait until i can figure out the rest.
in the meantime, i'm posting four or five pieces today, older and newer and i hope you contemplate them each, and try to understand what i'm saying through visual metaphor.
all the bets,
cb
it's Kanata day, a day that first nations, metis and inuit both loathe and maybe celebrate across canada.
we are a people that have many unresolved issues, actions and history with our government and citizens. we have a hidden history, one most people across the vast country called canada do not know even exists. i always have a challenging time with this celebration, because internally i'm wrestling and struggling with it, because both my parents went through the meat-grinder of the Residential School system and are complete messes as a result. i have no relationship with them, and it saddens me, and my kids are at an age where they are starting to ask about them. what do i tell them? the truth? no, they're too young, and i want them to have some sort of childhood. so, i soldier on, and tell them bits that i can and wait until i can figure out the rest.
in the meantime, i'm posting four or five pieces today, older and newer and i hope you contemplate them each, and try to understand what i'm saying through visual metaphor.
all the bets,
cb
the priest they called him.
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