Mama L
Current Gallery: worldvillage ( piece)
To steal a line from Michael Dukakis' presidential campaign speech "I was enriched and ennobled" by my opportunity to live and work in several cultures within the United States. Losing many family members as a young age, I began to make altars, sculptures and paintings to commemorate them in the Mexican Tradition of Day of the Dead or Dia de los Muertos. Skeletons are not morbid, but simply a depiction of a loved one who has passed away, enjoying the activities they once enjoyed on earth. Keeping memories alive is both sacred and a cause for celebration...something I understand more with each passing year as I pass my own spirit onto my own children. I also spent the majority of my work life teaching and later worshiping in a predominantly African-American community and I was forever changed to know the strengths, struggles and immeasurable wit of my coworkers, students and their families. My reverence, appreciation and awe gave birth to a good deal of my work including "The Road to the Mountaintop," which honors the political activism and spiritual leadership of the Reverend Dr. Luther King Jr. In all of my work, I hope to bring vitality and immediacy to concepts and people whose spirits are worth resurrecting which include a radical and deeply benevolent Prince of Peace who left us with the gift of the Holy Spirit. God is still speaking.
To steal a line from Michael Dukakis' presidential campaign speech "I was enriched and ennobled" by my opportunity to live and work in several cultures within the United States. Losing many family members as a young age, I began to make altars, sculptures and paintings to commemorate them in the Mexican Tradition of Day of the Dead or Dia de los Muertos. Skeletons are not morbid, but simply a depiction of a loved one who has passed away, enjoying the activities they once enjoyed on earth. Keeping memories alive is both sacred and a cause for celebration...something I understand more with each passing year as I pass my own spirit onto my own children. I also spent the majority of my work life teaching and later worshiping in a predominantly African-American community and I was forever changed to know the strengths, struggles and immeasurable wit of my coworkers, students and their families. My reverence, appreciation and awe gave birth to a good deal of my work including "The Road to the Mountaintop," which honors the political activism and spiritual leadership of the Reverend Dr. Luther King Jr. In all of my work, I hope to bring vitality and immediacy to concepts and people whose spirits are worth resurrecting which include a radical and deeply benevolent Prince of Peace who left us with the gift of the Holy Spirit. God is still speaking.
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