walking the neighborhood

  totem stands

waiting to be discovered

 neighbor’s yard

 an artist

who often

has something 

to say

with his work

 the details here

lightning bolt at the top

 red fish

dragonfly

compass rose

238 miles to manistee

in the upper peninsula

how do they connect

what is the message

art puzzle

feels to me like

an ode to our state

michigan.

—

‘you must be absolutely honest and true in the depicting of a totem for meaning 

 is attached to every line. you must be most particular about detail and proportion.’

-emily carr

 

 

*Emily Carr (1871 –1945) was a Canadian artist who was inspired by the monumental art and villages of the First Nations and the landscapes of British Columbia. She was a vivid writer and chronicler of life in her surroundings, praised for her “complete candor” and “strong prose”. ‘Klee Wick’ her first book, published in 1941, won the Governor General’s Literary Award for non-fiction and this book and her other writings are still much in demand today.