the four directions...on my bench, on my mind....
I know I have spoken of this before, but much of what I am working on at any given time comes to me in that semi-conscious state of mind when we are lingering between awake and slumber....I am sure you all know it....I believe that's when I do some of my best creating!....this image (or rather a facsimile of it, looking like a finished piece of my silverwork) has been haunting me for the last few weeks. I am in the process of answering the call, and am almost done carving in wax. To me, this is strange, as the medicine wheel pictured is from the mighty Sioux Nation. I have aboriginal blood in me for sure, but I can tell you with all certainty not a drop of Sioux. ( I will depend on my friend Michaela Dawn to clarify any errors here, as this is in part her heritage!)...this image has been relentless with me...and I must answer it's siren song!....I just love the symbolism of this wheel and have been doing a bit of research as to the quadrants and their meanings.......
NORTH
white
winter
white horses
white bird’s wing
herbs
death
SOUTH
yellow
summer
buckskin horses
sacred hoop
flowering twigs
maturity
EAST
red
spring
sorrel horses
daybreak stars
the sacred pipe
youth
WEST
black
fall
black horses
a cup of sky
bow
old age
I just love the way it all comes full circle....and am pondering the interconnectedness of it all...this one is going to take a bit for me to wrap my brain around....what do you think all these symbols mean?
Ponder with me, please!
Mitakuye Oyasin