I accept the understanding that the work of an artist involves being a deep thinker who realizes the interrelation of herself and the world around her. Through inquiry, experimentation, and a metaphysical understanding of the universe, I accept that chaos is a part of it, a tool for adaption, but that it is temporary, and that order will be the default. This way of thinking aligns with biological, geological, a natural science. I am a seeker and an experimenter, and I am not unlike a scientist. I rely on a foundational knowledge system that accepts the unknown. I am influenced by the environment that I am aligned with, and I am comforted by what what I know about nature, adaption, and mutations. As artist, and healer, I recognize my creative gifts as being an opportunity for learning and teaching; turning observations into designs, and putting designs where they fit. Viola Cordova said it so beautifully in her book How It Is, “The artist is a healer ~ bringing us into harmony when we might have fallen away. The sand painting is a healing ceremony performed to bring back the afflicted into balance and harmony with the world. The canvas paintings arc a display of order. An ordering. The jewelry is a creation of order. The rug is order. The principles of esthetics and of ethics are balance and harmony – beauty. The principle of the artist is responsibility. As tor, as healer, as scientist” (Cordova 255).

My new recent studies have been in the realms of media communications. I am studying viral content, and the metanarratives involved in the use of hashtags. I am excited to share and hope you subscribe to my channel and navigate to the Reebok Trifecta page where you can scroll to the bottom and fill in the contact form for my newsletter. I will be sending out exclusive updates on my artwork and studio development.

Cite:

Cordova, Viola F., and Kathleen Dean Moore. How It Is: The Native American Philosophy of V.F. Cordova. University of Arizona Press, 2007.