Maggie the Part-time Cat (Tanya photo)
Merry Christmas from Tanya, Tomasito & Maggie!
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Thursday, December 25, 2008
Merry Christmas
Maggie the Part-time Cat (Tanya photo)
Merry Christmas from Tanya, Tomasito & Maggie!
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Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Solstice 2008
The Sundial Pedestrian Bridge over the Sacramento River in Redding CA.
(Tanya photo)
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(Tanya photo)
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Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Sundial Bridge Gnoman
Sundial Bridge Gnoman, Sacramento River, Redding CA 2008
On a sunny day. (Tomasito photo)
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Sunday, December 21, 2008
Winter Solstice
"The Unconquered Sun" painted papier mache mask by Tomasito. (Tanya photo)The Sun Returns
We hope!
Though this day is very wet, dark and gloomy here in Redding, CA.
There is no shadow cast by the great sundial bridge gnoman--but we have high hopes that this year will be as all the years before--and that the planet has indeed reached it's wobbly limit and will wobble on to bring spring!
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Saturday, December 20, 2008
Friday, December 19, 2008
Power Cables
Powerlines from the Sacramento River dams. (Tomasito photo)Power Cables
There are two immense dams very near our apartment: Shasta Dam, which is a colossal structure and Keswick Dam--much smaller than Shasta, but very large.
These dams have changed the ecology of the Sacramento River in ways so fundamentally destructive that it is difficult to understand why they were built--except that the work was done in the days when Americans actually believed that they were godlike in their power to change nature for the better--to serve the needs of man as it were--more efficiently than nature could do it.
These huge blocks of concrete will, no doubt, be here as ruins for many, many, many human generations--if indeed humans continue to thrive on this planet which becomes more doubtful day by day.
The purposes for which the dams were made--the generation of electric power, flood control and, perhaps, recreation--are all becoming obsolete, while their destruction of habitat and general upset of nature are becoming more apparent all the time.
These dams have changed the ecology of the Sacramento River in ways so fundamentally destructive that it is difficult to understand why they were built--except that the work was done in the days when Americans actually believed that they were godlike in their power to change nature for the better--to serve the needs of man as it were--more efficiently than nature could do it.
These huge blocks of concrete will, no doubt, be here as ruins for many, many, many human generations--if indeed humans continue to thrive on this planet which becomes more doubtful day by day.
The purposes for which the dams were made--the generation of electric power, flood control and, perhaps, recreation--are all becoming obsolete, while their destruction of habitat and general upset of nature are becoming more apparent all the time.
Tomasito, 2008
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Thursday, December 18, 2008
Hoop of Nations
The "hoop of nations", painted papier mache by Tomasito, 2008.The Hoop of Nations
Some years ago I read a book called "Black Elk Speaks" by John Neihardt.
The book was a very interesting read and really caught my imagination.
The book is an autobiography of an Oglala Sioux holy man who lived at the time of the Ghost Dance and the Indian Wars in North America.
The book is currently in print and easy to obtain. I recommend it.
One of the most powerful visionary images recounted in the book is that of a "hoop of the nations"--a circular hoop crossed by two roads one good red road and one bad black road. Where these symbolic roads cross--in the center of the hoop stands a "stick" which becomes a blooming tree.
I have used this image as an inspiration for a model of this vision. A photo of this artwork heads today's blog.
The book was a very interesting read and really caught my imagination.
The book is an autobiography of an Oglala Sioux holy man who lived at the time of the Ghost Dance and the Indian Wars in North America.
The book is currently in print and easy to obtain. I recommend it.
One of the most powerful visionary images recounted in the book is that of a "hoop of the nations"--a circular hoop crossed by two roads one good red road and one bad black road. Where these symbolic roads cross--in the center of the hoop stands a "stick" which becomes a blooming tree.
I have used this image as an inspiration for a model of this vision. A photo of this artwork heads today's blog.
Tomasito, 2008
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