summer sisters

June 25th, 2010 – 11:10 pm

Hello dear sisters

Summer Wind

rocks the Moon in the Mesquite

Venus nodsmoon-in-the-branches.jpg in the Ash
Sing me to sleep

early  the Sun comes to meet us

At 4:30am, we will still be dark here when the full moon lunar eclipse occurs, a fusion of energies and all will be different. Tonight it is just for the sisters, Wind, Venus and Moon.

Little Spirits ~ Manitiw

May 21st, 2010 – 7:38 am

<meta content="OpenOffice.org 3.1 (Win32)" name="GENERATOR" /><style type="text/css"> <!-- @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> </style></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><a title="little-spirit-petroglyph.jpg" class="imagelink" href="http://www.tseka.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/little-spirit-petroglyph.jpg"><img width="408" height="598" alt="little-spirit-petroglyph.jpg" id="image597" src="http://www.tseka.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/little-spirit-petroglyph.jpg" /></a></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><meta http-equiv="CONTENT-TYPE" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><title /><meta name="GENERATOR" content="OpenOffice.org 3.1 (Win32)" /><style type="text/css"> <!-- @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } A:link { so-language: zxx } --> </style></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">When I was very young, I sat in dry grasses listening to my great-grandmother tell stories of the Manitou. On the the surface, these Algonquian tales are familiar to Europeans.  They are stories about elves; little spirits, who live under rocks and along streambeds, energies capable of great magic or mischief.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">But this is only the surface. Falling into the rhythm of her voice, I could <em>see </em>the “little spirits” in the light on the leaves and as patterns of colour shifting along the trunks of trees, I could hear the sound of the earth’s hearbeat beneath the buzzing grasses. Her story was much deeper than a simple fiction it was  a transmission of great truth: <strong>all things are ensouled</strong>; trees, animals, even rocks.  Each a of us is a piece of spirit. This is the meaning of the Manitou.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">“Remember this, she told me, “we are of the Manitiw”</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">And those were her last words to me….</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="CONTENT-TYPE" /><title /><meta content="OpenOffice.org 3.1 (Win32)" name="GENERATOR" /><style type="text/css"> <!-- @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> </style></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Manitou</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">L O D</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Ma ni to</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="CONTENT-TYPE" /><title /><meta content="OpenOffice.org 3.1 (Win32)" name="GENERATOR" /><style type="text/css"> <!-- @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> </style></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><em>Gichi-manidoo</em> the creator of all things</p> <p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0in">~~~</p> <p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0in">Am I not the grass whispers?</p> <div align="center" /> <p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0in">the wind, the sea sky</p> <div align="center" /> <p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0in">a pine needle,  and</p> <div align="center" /> <p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0in">without an image of self</p> <div align="center" /> <p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0in">bobcat, deer, and they me?</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in"> <p align="left" style="margin-bottom: 0in">In times long past the grandmothers of the Algonquian tribes made masquettes. They were simple faces shaped out of clay, helpers to tell a story. Over winter, the little spirits came into my hands, they formed themselves, it would seem, spontaneously out of clay.</p> <div align="left" /> <p align="left" style="margin-bottom: 0in">Tamanawas is the name for Spirit Totems on the Salish reservation, where I was raised. They are carved in cedar. The Ashiwi (Zuni) are well known for their little spirits carved in stone.  These are commonly called fetishes.</p> <div align="left" /> <p align="left">A fetish is  defined as an “artificial” representation of something. I prefer to define this differently: Spirit Totems bring the formless into form. They are not analogies nor metaphors, but are directly tied to Spirit, they are simply another way to remember our selves.</p> <div align="left" /> <p align="left">Somehow these clay spirits draw from all these old creative styles and from my nordic ancestors as well.</p> <p align="left" style="margin-bottom: 0in">Here is an example   <a title="mother-wolf.jpg" class="imagelink" href="http://www.tseka.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/mother-wolf.jpg"><img alt="mother-wolf.jpg" id="image601" src="http://www.tseka.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/mother-wolf.thumbnail.jpg" /></a> mother wolf</p> <p align="left" style="margin-bottom: 0in">I have been taking them to the market, telling their stories, it’s been an adventure as people share back their own feelings and interpretations. I’m enjoying this sharing very much. As I get tseka rebuilt, I’ll post some here.</p> <p align="left" style="margin-bottom: 0in"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in"> </div> <div class="postmeta"> <!--<span class="famaut">Posted by: Ellen</span> | --> <a href="http://www.tseka.com/2010/05/21/little-spirits-manitiw/#comments" title="Comment on Little Spirits ~ Manitiw"><span class="famcom">Comments: (8)</span></a> </div> <div class="feedback"> </div> </div> <!--<span class="noprint"><h5>May 19, 2010</h5></span>--> <div class="post" id="post-592"> <h3 class="storytitle"><a href="http://www.tseka.com/2010/05/19/with-the-sun/" rel="bookmark">With the Sun</a></h3> <div class="premeta"> <span class="famdat">May 19th, 2010 – 9:37 pm</span> <div class="famtag">Tagged as: <a href="http://www.tseka.com/category/ellen-hill/a-small-life/" title="View all posts in a small life" rel="category tag">a small life</a></div> </div> <div class="storycontent"> <p><a class="imagelink" title="faerie-tree.jpg" href="http://www.tseka.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/faerie-tree.jpg" /><a class="imagelink" title="he-comes-with-the-sun.jpg" href="http://www.tseka.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/he-comes-with-the-sun.jpg"><img width="435" height="361" id="image593" alt="he-comes-with-the-sun.jpg" src="http://www.tseka.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/he-comes-with-the-sun.jpg" /></a></p> <p>He comes with the sun</p> <p>Sauntering up the hill</p> <p>Greets me</p> <p><a class="imagelink" title="ulli-and-new-guyweb.jpg" href="http://www.tseka.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ulli-and-new-guyweb.jpg"><img width="434" height="598" id="image591" alt="ulli-and-new-guyweb.jpg" src="http://www.tseka.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ulli-and-new-guyweb.jpg" /></a></p> <p>Stops<br /> Acknowledges Ulli Maki</p> <p>It’s a pattern laid down by their mutual ancestors</p> <p>They meet eyes</p> <p>look away, meet again</p> <p><a id="p594" rel="attachment" class="imagelink" title="img_2986-copy.jpg" href="http://www.tseka.com/2010/05/19/with-the-sun/img_2986-copyjpg/" /><a class="imagelink" title="img_2986-copy.jpg" href="http://www.tseka.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/img_2986-copy.jpg"><img width="435" height="346" id="image594" alt="img_2986-copy.jpg" src="http://www.tseka.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/img_2986-copy.jpg" /></a><br /> We share the delights of the morning and the garden freshly watered.</p> <p>And after an hour or so we each move into our separate days. </p> </div> <div class="postmeta"> <!--<span class="famaut">Posted by: Ellen</span> | --> <a href="http://www.tseka.com/2010/05/19/with-the-sun/#comments" title="Comment on With the Sun"><span class="famcom">Comments: (2)</span></a> </div> <div class="feedback"> </div> </div> <!--<span class="noprint"></span>--> <div class="post" id="post-590"> <h3 class="storytitle"><a href="http://www.tseka.com/2010/05/19/returning/" rel="bookmark">Returning</a></h3> <div class="premeta"> <span class="famdat">May 19th, 2010 – 8:50 pm</span> <div class="famtag">Tagged as: <a href="http://www.tseka.com/category/songs-of-the-northwind/" title="View all posts in Songs of the Northwind" rel="category tag">Songs of the Northwind</a>, <a href="http://www.tseka.com/category/songs-of-the-northwind/circle-of-hel/namnsdags/" title="View all posts in namnsdags" rel="category tag">namnsdags</a></div> </div> <div class="storycontent"> <p><a title="faerie-tree.jpg" class="imagelink" href="http://www.tseka.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/faerie-tree.jpg"><img width="239" height="252" align="right" alt="faerie-tree.jpg" id="image596" src="http://www.tseka.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/faerie-tree.jpg" /></a>Today is the Eldi day - day of the Elder tree.  The Elder tree was a portal faeries used to move freely between earth and magic realms.</p> <p>Recent times have been strange for many, me included. Over the past few months I have been remembering the wisdom of my grandparents. They  would say, “Walk  in the direction your feet are pointing and don’t look back. What’s done is done and cannot be undone.”</p> <p>“But remember, remember, always remember”</p> <p>My grandmothers gifted me with many stories; stories of survival, stories celebrating the natural world and the world of elves and faeries.</p> <p>Remembering them helps align my feet to the path.</p> <p>Eldi  refers not just to the Elder tree but to our elders whose wisdom can move freely through a magic portal. It seems a good day to re-open Tseka and begin again, with some new stories from my ancestors.</p> <blockquote><p>Image above is a 3″x3″ painting, part of the new project creating original collectible gift cards. I’ll be writing more about the project and where they can be purchased soon.</p></blockquote> </div> <div class="postmeta"> <!--<span class="famaut">Posted by: Ellen</span> | --> <a href="http://www.tseka.com/2010/05/19/returning/#respond" title="Comment on Returning"><span class="famcom">Comments: (0)</span></a> </div> <div class="feedback"> </div> </div> <!--<span class="noprint"><h5>November 26, 2009</h5></span>--> <div class="post" id="post-588"> <h3 class="storytitle"><a href="http://www.tseka.com/2009/11/26/simple-thanks/" rel="bookmark">Simple thanks</a></h3> <div class="premeta"> <span class="famdat">November 26th, 2009 – 7:09 pm</span> <div class="famtag">Tagged as: <a href="http://www.tseka.com/category/ellen-hill/" title="View all posts in Ellen Hill" rel="category tag">Ellen Hill</a>, <a href="http://www.tseka.com/category/ellen-hill/a-small-life/" title="View all posts in a small life" rel="category tag">a small life</a></div> </div> <div class="storycontent"> <p>Wneewa is a Mahegin word.  Simply translated it means, “I thank you.” The Mahegins are part of my Algonquin ancestors who I connect to through my mother and our Grandmothers. The Mahegins have mostly returned to dust and their language is almost forgotten, so, it pleases me to offer wneewa to the winds today, in gratitude. Wneewa is a “thought word” which conveys a sense of All that is NOT me; the Whole that contains You. You/I merge with thanks in a single thought; wneewa. This fills me with such satisfaction.  Sometimes I imagine a world that my ancestors took for granted where in thanks we are inseparable. Could it be so simple? </p> </div> <div class="postmeta"> <!--<span class="famaut">Posted by: Ellen</span> | --> <a href="http://www.tseka.com/2009/11/26/simple-thanks/#comments" title="Comment on Simple thanks"><span class="famcom">Comments: (1)</span></a> </div> <div class="feedback"> </div> </div> <!--<span class="noprint"><h5>October 28, 2009</h5></span>--> <div class="post" id="post-585"> <h3 class="storytitle"><a href="http://www.tseka.com/2009/10/28/arts-alive/" rel="bookmark">Arts Alive</a></h3> <div class="premeta"> <span class="famdat">October 28th, 2009 – 5:33 pm</span> <div class="famtag">Tagged as: <a href="http://www.tseka.com/category/songs-of-the-northwind/" title="View all posts in Songs of the Northwind" rel="category tag">Songs of the Northwind</a>, <a href="http://www.tseka.com/category/ellen-hill/" title="View all posts in Ellen Hill" rel="category tag">Ellen Hill</a>, <a href="http://www.tseka.com/category/ellen-hill/art-exhibits/" title="View all posts in Art Exhibits" rel="category tag">Art Exhibits</a></div> </div> <div class="storycontent"> <p>This year we honor Raven</p> <p>Arts Alive is an annual celebration of the arts and of artists. The whole town of La Conner participates. Artists come to demonstrate their craft.</p> <p>I will be at  Earthenworks Gallery, 713 First Street, La Conner, Washington, on November 8 from Noon to 4:00 pm.</p> <p><a class="imagelink" title="img_2364-copy.jpg" href="http://www.tseka.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/img_2364-copy.jpg"><img width="399" height="461" id="image584" alt="img_2364-copy.jpg" src="http://www.tseka.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/img_2364-copy.jpg" /></a><br /> Growing up on a Salish reservation, Raven was a prominent character in the stories of my youth.  It was some years later that I stumbled onto the stories of my aboriginal Swedish ancestors. Remarkably the stories are very similar.</p> <p>The town of La Conner is adjacent to the Swinomish Reservation so I will leave the telling of NW Coast stories in their able hands. What I will be sharing are stories of White Raven who flies in the skies around my home, and how in ancient time she rode on the left shoulder of Hel before the land went behind the ice. The myths say she is the harbinger of the new age when man will once again walk the path of harmony and beauty.<br /> <a class="imagelink" title="standing-stonestalismans.jpg" href="http://www.tseka.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/standing-stonestalismans.jpg"><img width="403" height="455" id="image586" alt="standing-stonestalismans.jpg" src="http://www.tseka.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/standing-stonestalismans.jpg" /></a><br /> On Sunday November 8, we are unveiling my new projects at Earthenworks; Talismans of porcelain and stones joined with porcelain. These objects with the symbols of the past for healing, creativity and wholeness, have grown out of my interest in the myths and stories of my ancestors and are meant to be worn or set in a special spot.</p> <p>There will be paintings too, of course.</p> <p><a class="imagelink" title="heavens-door.jpg" href="http://www.tseka.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/heavens-door.jpg"><img width="306" height="326" align="right" id="image570" alt="heavens-door.jpg" src="http://www.tseka.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/heavens-door.jpg" /></a></p> <p align="left">In the “time outside of time” the <em>treewomen</em> were in a union with Raven.</p> <p align="left"><img width="382" height="357" id="image579" alt="eldi-b.jpg" src="http://www.tseka.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/eldi-b.jpg" /></p> <p align="left">And the <em>Eldi, </em>the Scandinavian <em>Tree Women</em> protected the light through the darkness.</p> <p align="left"> <blockquote> <p align="left">White Raven & the Tree of Life: Porcelain & stone</p> <p align="left"> <p align="left">Talismans and stones</p> <p align="left"> <p align="left">Heaven’s Door :  20″ x 20″ framed Watercolour / Lacquer on paper, collage elements</p> <p align="left">Eldi : 44″ 41″ framed, Watercolour / Lacquer on paper, collage elements</p> <p align="left"><em>click any image to enlarge </em></p> </blockquote> </div> <div class="postmeta"> <!--<span class="famaut">Posted by: Ellen</span> | --> <a href="http://www.tseka.com/2009/10/28/arts-alive/#comments" title="Comment on Arts Alive"><span class="famcom">Comments: (1)</span></a> </div> <div class="feedback"> </div> </div> <!--<span class="noprint"><h5>October 17, 2009</h5></span>--> <div class="post" id="post-581"> <h3 class="storytitle"><a href="http://www.tseka.com/2009/10/17/open-studio-2/" rel="bookmark">Open Studio</a></h3> <div class="premeta"> <span class="famdat">October 17th, 2009 – 8:32 pm</span> <div class="famtag">Tagged as: <a href="http://www.tseka.com/category/ellen-hill/art-exhibits/" title="View all posts in Art Exhibits" rel="category tag">Art Exhibits</a></div> </div> <div class="storycontent"> <p><a class="imagelink" title="retracing-ridges-copy.jpg" href="http://www.tseka.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/retracing-ridges-copy.jpg"><img width="229" height="251" id="image578" alt="retracing-ridges-copy.jpg" src="http://www.tseka.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/retracing-ridges-copy.jpg" /></a>The artists of Joshua Tree once again throw open the doors to their studios and welcome the public. Over the years the event has mushroomed into something huge. The valley’s towns are filled with events; music, live theater and more, nearly everyone participates.  <a title="coastal-waterfall.jpg" class="imagelink" href="http://www.tseka.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/coastal-waterfall.jpg"><img width="212" height="314" alt="coastal-waterfall.jpg" id="image575" src="http://www.tseka.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/coastal-waterfall.jpg" /></a><a class="imagelink" title="louise-detail-copy.jpg" href="http://www.tseka.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/louise-detail-copy.jpg"><img width="205" height="302" align="right" id="image576" alt="louise-detail-copy.jpg" src="http://www.tseka.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/louise-detail-copy.jpg" /></a><br /> This year two friends, exceptional artists, join me at my studio for both weekends. It’s bound to be fun. I hope some of you find your feet pointed in our direction.</p> <p>~~~<br /> October 24- October 25</p> <p>October 31- November 1</p> <p>Ellen Hill   Painting & Porcelain Jewelry</p> <p>Ellie Tyler  Photography</p> <p>Virginia Louise Akin (aka Dali Mama)  Original Textiles and Design</p> <blockquote><p>Maps are available locally. My studio is very close to the entrance to Joshua Tree National Park. Other inquiries? Leave a comment. Click any image to enlarge.</p> </blockquote> </div> <div class="postmeta"> <!--<span class="famaut">Posted by: Ellen</span> | --> Comments Off </div> <div class="feedback"> </div> </div> <!--<span class="noprint"><h5>October 7, 2009</h5></span>--> <div class="post" id="post-567"> <h3 class="storytitle"><a href="http://www.tseka.com/2009/10/07/wneewa-thanks-from-my-heart/" rel="bookmark">Wneewa, thanks from my heart</a></h3> <div class="premeta"> <span class="famdat">October 7th, 2009 – 12:32 pm</span> <div class="famtag">Tagged as: <a href="http://www.tseka.com/category/ellen-hill/" title="View all posts in Ellen Hill" rel="category tag">Ellen Hill</a>, <a href="http://www.tseka.com/category/ellen-hill/art-exhibits/" title="View all posts in Art Exhibits" rel="category tag">Art Exhibits</a></div> </div> <div class="storycontent"> <p>Friends, food, paintings poetry…<br /> Images from the Opening last Sunday. <a class="imagelink" title="img_2295-opening.jpg" href="http://www.tseka.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/img_2295-opening.jpg"><img id="image563" alt="img_2295-opening.jpg" src="http://www.tseka.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/img_2295-opening.thumbnail.jpg" /></a>  <img height="299" width="199" id="image564" alt="img_2289opening.jpg" src="http://www.tseka.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/img_2289opening.jpg" /><br /> <a class="imagelink" title="img_2305opening.jpg" href="http://www.tseka.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/img_2305opening.jpg"><img id="image566" alt="img_2305opening.jpg" src="http://www.tseka.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/img_2305opening.thumbnail.jpg" /></a><br /> <a class="imagelink" title="img_2304-opening.jpg" href="http://www.tseka.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/img_2304-opening.jpg"><img id="image565" alt="img_2304-opening.jpg" src="http://www.tseka.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/img_2304-opening.thumbnail.jpg" /></a> </p> </div> <div class="postmeta"> <!--<span class="famaut">Posted by: Ellen</span> | --> <a href="http://www.tseka.com/2009/10/07/wneewa-thanks-from-my-heart/#comments" title="Comment on Wneewa, thanks from my heart"><span class="famcom">Comments: (5)</span></a> </div> <div class="feedback"> </div> </div> <!--<span class="noprint"><h5>September 26, 2009</h5></span>--> <div class="post" id="post-562"> <h3 class="storytitle"><a href="http://www.tseka.com/2009/09/26/recordings-of-ancient-winds-2/" rel="bookmark">Recordings of Ancient Winds</a></h3> <div class="premeta"> <span class="famdat">September 26th, 2009 – 11:40 am</span> <div class="famtag">Tagged as: <a href="http://www.tseka.com/category/ballads-the-wind-brought/" title="View all posts in Ballads the Wind brought" rel="category tag">Ballads the Wind brought</a>, <a href="http://www.tseka.com/category/ellen-hill/art-exhibits/" title="View all posts in Art Exhibits" rel="category tag">Art Exhibits</a></div> </div> <div class="storycontent"> <p align="center"><strong><br /> </strong></p> <p align="center"><strong>29 Palms Gallery</strong></p> <p align="center">September 30 - October 26</p> <p align="center"><strong>Artist’s reception  October 4 Noon - 3PM</strong><br /> <a title="voices-in-the-rock-tseka.jpg" class="imagelink" href="http://www.tseka.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/voices-in-the-rock-tseka.jpg"><img height="257" width="405" alt="voices-in-the-rock-tseka.jpg" id="image561" src="http://www.tseka.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/voices-in-the-rock-tseka.jpg" /></a></p> <p>What endures</p> <p align="left">what is blown away</p> <p align="left">becomes the Shape of time</p> <p align="center">Long lines of poetry</p> <p align="center">etched in pale canyons</p> <p align="center">twisting in the shadow walls</p> <p align="center"><em>……………echo………..echo </em></p> <p align="center"> <div align="left"> <blockquote><p><em><strong>Voices in the Rock</strong></em></p> <p>watercolour, lacquer on paper, collage elements, 44″ x 63″</p> </blockquote> <p align="center"><strong /></p> <p align="center"><strong /></p> <p align="center"> </div> </div> <div class="postmeta"> <!--<span class="famaut">Posted by: Ellen</span> | --> <a href="http://www.tseka.com/2009/09/26/recordings-of-ancient-winds-2/#comments" title="Comment on Recordings of Ancient Winds"><span class="famcom">Comments: (1)</span></a> </div> <div class="feedback"> </div> </div> <!--<span class="noprint"><h5>August 2, 2009</h5></span>--> <div class="post" id="post-557"> <h3 class="storytitle"><a href="http://www.tseka.com/2009/08/02/creeks-merge/" rel="bookmark">two sounds become one</a></h3> <div class="premeta"> <span class="famdat">August 2nd, 2009 – 7:11 pm</span> <div class="famtag">Tagged as: <a href="http://www.tseka.com/category/songs-of-the-northwind/" title="View all posts in Songs of the Northwind" rel="category tag">Songs of the Northwind</a></div> </div> <div class="storycontent"> <p align="center"><strong><br /> </strong></p> <p><a class="imagelink" title="img_2195.jpg" href="http://www.tseka.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/img_2195.jpg"><img height="403" width="401" id="image547" alt="img_2195.jpg" src="http://www.tseka.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/img_2195.jpg" /></a></p> <p>There were languages</p> <p>soft shuush shushs</p> <p>lilts and low notes</p> <p>Birdsong and bear voices</p> <p>A merging of people</p> <p>carrying several northern cultures</p> <p>They unfolded precious hardanger, spread them out under the sun.  They stretched hides between split alder.</p> <p>Each as beautiful as the people, so different.</p> <p>All embraced by firs, cedar, and the Pacific.</p> <p>My childhood mind returns these sounds to me in odd moments. They seem to fall from the Ash branches or ride the back of the north wind. In a child’s mind the sounds were just people, the differences small, everything remains unsaid.</p> <p>And this was the way also, all of us tuned our ears to the tsetseka wind as she boiled up into the fir tops, there was no mistaking her voice by people who live on the land, fish with the sea.   Weather has her own language.</p> <blockquote><p>painting: Creeks Merge</p> <p>watercolour, lacquer on Asian paper</p> <p>11.5 x 11.5 inches (image)</p> </blockquote> <p>*Hardanger is a Scandinavian needlecraft, threads are pulled from linen fabric and the open spaces create geometric designs turning the plain into beautiful and useful. </p> </div> <div class="postmeta"> <!--<span class="famaut">Posted by: Ellen</span> | --> <a href="http://www.tseka.com/2009/08/02/creeks-merge/#comments" title="Comment on two sounds become one"><span class="famcom">Comments: (1)</span></a> </div> <div class="feedback"> </div> </div> <div id="nav"> <div class="left"></div> <div class="right"><a href="http://www.tseka.com/page/2/"><span class="famnxt">Older Posts</span></a></div> </div> </div> <!--I hate doin' it, but...--> <br clear="all" /> </div> <!-- begin footer --> </div> <div id="foot"> <p> Powered by <a href='http://wordpress.org/' title='Powered by WordPress, state-of-the-art semantic personal publishing platform.'>WordPress</a> </p> <p> <a href="feed:http://www.tseka.com/feed/" title="Syndicate this site using RSS"><img src="http://www.tseka.com/wp-content/themes/darkcash-v080/assets/images/feed.png" alt="RSS" /></a> <a href="feed:http://www.tseka.com/feed/" title="Syndicate this site using RSS"><abbr title="Really Simple Syndication">RSS</abbr></a> | <a href="feed:http://www.tseka.com/comments/feed/" title="The latest comments to all posts in RSS"><img src="http://www.tseka.com/wp-content/themes/darkcash-v080/assets/images/feed.png" alt="RSS" /></a> <a href="feed:http://www.tseka.com/comments/feed/" title="The latest comments to all posts in RSS">Comments <abbr title="Really Simple Syndication">RSS</abbr></a> </p> <p> <a href="http://ignorehim.com/wordpress/" title="dark.cash WordPress theme" target="_blank">dark.cash</a> theme by <a href="http://ignorehim.com" title="Jeff Malek" target="_blank">Jeff Malek</a> </p> <!--<p> 15 queries. 0.375 seconds </p>--> </div> </div> <!-- begin sIFR --> <script type="text/javascript"> if(typeof sIFR == "function"){ sIFR.replaceElement("h1", named({sFlashSrc: "http://www.tseka.com/wp-content/themes/darkcash-v080/assets/fonts/centuragothic.swf", sColor: "#2c97a2", sBgColor: "#000000", sFlashVars: "textalign=right"})); sIFR.replaceElement("h2", named({sFlashSrc: "http://www.tseka.com/wp-content/themes/darkcash-v080/assets/fonts/centuragothic.swf", sColor: "#2c97a2", sCase: "upper", sBgColor: "#000000"})); sIFR.replaceElement("h3", named({sFlashSrc: "http://www.tseka.com/wp-content/themes/darkcash-v080/assets/fonts/centuragothic.swf", sColor: "#2c97a2", sBgColor: "#000000", sCase: "upper"})); <!--I would like to add sHoverColor: "#cccccc" here, but it makes the hover state the entire width of the postbody. display: inline; fixes this in FF, bit IE6 breaks (of course). 10pts to someone who can tell me how to get around this. --> sIFR.replaceElement("h4", named({sFlashSrc: "http://www.tseka.com/wp-content/themes/darkcash-v080/assets/fonts/centuragothic.swf", sColor: "#2c97a2", sBgColor: "#000000", sFlashVars: "offsetLeft= 0"})); sIFR.replaceElement("h5", named({sFlashSrc: "http://www.tseka.com/wp-content/themes/darkcash-v080/assets/fonts/trebuchetms.swf", sColor: "#666666", sBgColor: "#000000", sFlashVars: "offsetLeft= 0"})); sIFR.replaceElement(".description", named({sFlashSrc: "http://www.tseka.com/wp-content/themes/darkcash-v080/assets/fonts/trebuchetms.swf", sColor: "#666666", sBgColor: "#000000", sFlashVars: "textalign=right"})); }; </script> <!-- end sIFR --> </body> </html>