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tberardi — Zuni Girl and Jar.
Published: 2008-09-26 04:34:49 +0000 UTC; Views: 366; Favourites: 4; Downloads: 2
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More etching practice, this time based off a photograph by one of my favorite photographers, Edward S. Curtis. I really love native american culture after having visited Arizona and seeing it for myself (especially the tribes of the southwest; hopi, zuni, anasazi, etc.) and Curtis' photos look like etchings, so it was great for my practice with the use of aquatint.Made me come to the conclusion that from now on, I'm going to be relying a lot more on aquatint rather than hatching; hatching is nice and all, but I love the look and feel of aquatint.
approx. 5 hours total
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I love his photos. I ran across one of his Zuni woman pictures that looked like me when I was younger. Freaked out. Ever since I have loved his photos. Your sketch is awesome! Thanks for sharing it with us.
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Wow, your words really fascinated me! I'm sure it really was such an experience for you, and it's great to know this part of the USA's culture - even more this living link between the actual indians and their ancestrals.
Well, in fact, there are few brazilian tribes whose culture remains almost unchanged - they also have closed religious/festive celebrations, maintain the basis of their society and worship ancient gods like Tupa (the supreme lord of light and thunder for Tupi indians), in despite of the massive cathecizing they have suffered from the portuguese catholic priests since the 16th century. But great part of our indians, like happened in most places of the world, were unfortunately killed, absorbed by the urban "civilization" or have lost much of their original culture.
And you're right, there are some tribes almost isolated in the Amazon and in other spreaded areas in the brazilian territory. So they have surely maintained their routines, and the researchers who have had contact with them avoid to talk so much to preserve the natives and their environment from deforesters, treasure hunters and greedy undertakers.
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It shocked me too, when I went to Arizona. It's definitely one of my favorite places to be in the US, besides NY. I can see why the natives were/are so spiritual. : )
See, that's incredible to me- that there is another whole world out there that we barely know about, with a rich, untouched culture that dates back thousands of years. Amazing!
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This kind of contact with native's culture are always amazing. It's impossible - or at least a great lack of sensibility - not to learn something good from these experiences.
Maybe our society could be better by learning with the native's spiritualism and respect for the nature.
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I paid attention not only to the quality of your etching, but to you comment: I really did not know that native north-american indian descendants still lived inside USA maintaining their culture. Indian tribes which culturally survived are very hard to find even in Brazil. "Learning by living"...
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I'm not entirely sure if the Zuni natives are still living through their culture, but the Hopi indians of Arizona are definitely still in touch with their ancestry. A lot still live on Mesas, and some of these Mesas are closed off the from the public entirely. When I visited Flagstaff and Sedona, we were told by a Hopi descendant not to bother going to the Mesa a little farther east because it had been closed off due to tribal celebrations. I found that absolutely fascinating. I wish I could have seen what was happening, but you can't win them all!
I'm surprised that Brazilian tribes are no longer performing the routines of their ancestry! Brazil is so large, you would think that there might be some long lost tribes in the forest that no one has discovered yet. That would be so amazing.
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