On Reading Black Elk Speaks and Seeing Plains Indians: Artists of Earth and Sky
For those who don’t know, Black Elk Speaks was written in 1932 by the poet John Neihardt, based on his translated conversations with Black Elk, an Oglala Lakota medicine man. Black Elk, who died in 1950, was a witness not
Louisa Matthiasdottir
I only became aware of this Icelandic artist a few years ago after seeing a review for a posthumous show of her work in New York City. Shortly afterward, I bought a book about her, and since then, I routinely
Winter Inspiration
I dream often of my maternal grandmother's house. This has been going on for years. Often I'm trying to return there. Sometimes I'm fixing it up or planning to buy back the place. The house itself is long gone, probably