Giving Voice to Bear
Marilyn Whitehorse
Working notes
In Native American mythology
bear is
powerful medicine.
I have found it
to be so.
Bear forces me
to pay attention
where
I leave my mark.
To do otherwise
really
screws things up.
bear is
powerful medicine.
I have found it
to be so.
Bear forces me
to pay attention
where
I leave my mark.
To do otherwise
really
screws things up.
About the artist
In the 'topside' world, I currently live in Honolulu, Hawaii and teach in the English Department at Hawaii Pacific University. In the current that flows under the surface, I am a writer who also works in the mediums of photographs, collage, and masks.