It was a wonderful meeting and we instantly connected with each other because our motivation was not economic, our motivation was spiritual. We told them a little bit about our culture and history. Even our creation story teaches us the first woman brought seeds with her, and those plants still sustain us and our medicines even today. Read More
Thor gets bored sitting on his perch waiting, and with little warning leaps onto my head. Briefly my life flashed before my eyes thinking of the powerful talons and beak sharp enough to tear through raw flesh. Read More
The pop-ups offer a “nice mix,” continues Elisha, with something for just about everyone, whether you want to grab a bite to eat, get some exercise, or just relax and watch the river run. Read More
“From a historical perspective, because we (Mohawk peoples) enjoyed an abundance of food, as agriculturalists, it created a lot of time for personal and artistic expression, so we’re very evolved in terms of our art.” Read More
It could be said Vantage Point Media House was founded on fishing stories. For a little more than a decade the company has had a part in telling many other kinds of stories too – adventure stories, stories of people breaking world records, and even mythical stories. Read More
Justin could perhaps be described as a non-delusional Don Quixote with a sense of humour, albeit sardonic at times. Like Quixote, he loves poetry, and is on a journey to find some sort of truth about or good in humanity through his art. Read More
Throughout his time in the military he continued to work on his art, steadfastly sticking to his first and preferred medium of pencil. Now he says he mixes it up a bit using colour pencil and charcoal too, sometimes all in one work. “I don’t know why I like it. It’s the fineness of it, the detail of it. For some reason, I just never got into the paint. I just seem to get more and more enthralled with it as I go, even now.” Read More