I'd like to share what this collage means to me.
starting from the top: u'uhig (birds)
birds are central to akimel o'otham culture especially song culture. in this collage i used the oriole, red-winged blackbird, house finch, and the blue-throated hummingbird. the birds are
starting from the top: u'uhig (birds)
birds are central to akimel o'otham culture especially song culture. in this collage i used the oriole, red-winged blackbird, house finch, and the blue-throated hummingbird. the birds are
positioned at the top as i see them emerging from the altar, the space below them that can represent a mountain or earth. on the altar, the dresser on which everything is placed on or above, to the left are depictions of my diné great grandmother's rug and my mom's hopi
headdress she wore in the butterfly dance as a teen. there's also flowers surrounding the virgin statute which is symbolic of my life growing up. flowers symbolize me as a person because my name is hopi meaning flower girl.
in the middle of the collage is a gold foil rectangle
in the middle of the collage is a gold foil rectangle
which is actually covering a mirror. in my belief system, mirrors are seen as portals, a way for ancestors and other beings to come thru which isn't a good thing. i don't have mirrors in my room for this reason. it seems the collage below the birds is split in two with culture on
one side and 'regular' home decor on the other side. it represents the way we live in society and our own homes.
i just noticed the right side by the lamp (w/ a gold foil stand) are photos/art of birds and flowers (zoom in) which represents everything so well and i didn't even realize it lol.
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