This is a story, I tell: I think about the ancient stars, because they represent the story we can talk and share with everyone.
This work is from the sandblasting process. See, sometimes I paint with water spray [high pressure hose], and then this work in the exhibition is the sand spray [sand-blasting]. I really wanted to share a story about all the stars, all the children of the stars, sharing together in harmony. I’m really happy with how it has turned out. These bright stars over here represent all of our ancestors and family watching and guiding us. Some of the other stars represent that little kid, the children, listening and learning from the bedtime stories, holding the sky together.
Them stars represent all the people on the land: we need to share with one and other. No fighting. This is how we have to live. In harmony, peaceful, in place. It is ours, our land, our kingdom. That’s why we promised from the past, from the very beginning, to keep holding this story, to keep sharing. Everything is lit up by the stars. They make us see in the dark. That’s why we pass it on today, why we keep passing it on, keep going. Light up the path for the next generations.
I’m happy to share it. Palya.
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