Joy Harjo's Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings begins, in part, with this:

 

"...The land is a being who remembers everything.
You will have to answer to your children, and their children, and theirs—
The red shimmer of remembering will compel you up the night to walk the perimeter of truth for understanding.
As I brushed my hair over the hotel sink to get ready I heard:
By listening we will understand who we are in this holy realm of words.
Do not parade, pleased with yourself.
You must speak in the language of justice."

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Part 2 continues the theme:

"... Restless winds emerged from the earth when the graves were open and the winds went looking for justice."

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Buried Justice has another name, that of a young Diné woman buried south of Shiprock, not far from where I began the MMIW work began in 2014. It is a representation of how the light of the truth, the glow of justice meets illicit burial mounds of girls and women across Indian Country.

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I listen to the ground and winds that bring me the prayers for release and return to the places bones call home. 

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This brightness of life and hope for a future in-the-making is powerfully grounded in the desert of the American Southwest. Like other pieces, it is a response to an intercessory prayer. When I stand close to it, I can hear the shifting of sands and the chants of a Night Sing.

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What initially appears as the simplicity of two colors morphs into a spiritual depth evoking centuries of prayer and my answer to those prayers. There's nothing but the greatness of love in this piece.

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It's 36 x 48" and is $7200. If this is a piece you are interested in, reach out so I can send you images that are uncompressed.

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