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Art is Resistance
“Do not underestimate the spiritual dimension of this crisis. Take perspective of an eagle who sees everything from above with a wider view. There is a social demand in this crisis, but also a spiritual demand. Both go hand in hand.
Without the social dimension, we fall into fanaticism. Without the spiritual dimension, we fall into pessimism and futility….
Learn the resistance of the example of Indian and African peoples: we have been and are still being exterminated. But we never stopped singing, dancing, lighting a fire and having joy.
You have every right to be strong and positive. And there’s no other way to do this but to maintain a beautiful, joyful and bright posture.
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Show resistance through art, joy, trust and love.”
— Hopi Indian leader White Eagle
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“Whether we have wings, or furs, or roots or paws…we are all relatives.
— Winona La Duke, Ojibwe
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I realized that I was connected to everything. I realized that “God” is not something that’s separate from me but that I am an expression of it. We all are.
— Anita Moorjani
Immigrants to the New World from Europe were often the dispossessed and desperate…
