I just returned from a week-long trip to Black Mesa, a region of the Navajo Nation known for its remoteness, traditional herding lifestyle, and rich cultural spirit.
Art helps us fall in love with places. It charges them with emotion and meaning and reminds us why we care to protect them. When we get to study and paint these beloved cracks and monoclines, we infuse the paintings with our own selves.
In the face of the proposed Grand Canyon Escalade gondola development, a lot of people are asking ‘How can I help?’ Here’s a concrete way to help spread the word and protect sacred sites.
A few deer hunters we pass along the rutted backroads of the Kaibab Plateau seem surprised by a lifted pick-up full of young women and our truck bed full of seed bags. “What are y’all doin’ out here?” they ask. I suppose we’re not the usual suspects.
