tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051438850730284823.post6977705196367086331..comments2024-02-18T03:17:06.220-07:00Comments on Ahalenia: Heather Ahtone Reads Beneath the Surfaceahaleniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16333619966846366243noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051438850730284823.post-11886317214179824862012-07-10T07:46:39.914-06:002012-07-10T07:46:39.914-06:00America, I love your closing words. We're all...America, I love your closing words. We're all engaged in the project of remaining human. What we make of that project shapes us individually, and consequently, as we come together (which we must and are). The only way this might be possible is if we treat each other, and our work, seriously enough to take them into our lives and souls, if only for a moment. Thank you for sharing your tools, with us. Ahéhee'.Reid Gómez, Navajohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02874406802032184733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051438850730284823.post-44299479680989709932012-07-10T00:45:20.822-06:002012-07-10T00:45:20.822-06:00Asking others to expand so that they can "see...Asking others to expand so that they can "see" a point of view that they have not been required to be accustomed to is the mission of art. Niche and exotic art labels are the labels of colonized thought and privilege. The art has always been "serious." The majority buyers have minoritized the art to downplay their person and group responsibility towards it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051438850730284823.post-84303334700924662622012-07-09T14:40:24.779-06:002012-07-09T14:40:24.779-06:00This the type of discussion we need going and publ...This the type of discussion we need going and public for Indigenous American art to truly be considered seriously as art rather than as a niche (read "exotic") collectible item. Thank you, both of you.<br />Matt JarvisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051438850730284823.post-61478344111116542742012-07-09T14:00:36.514-06:002012-07-09T14:00:36.514-06:00yakoke, America, for your good work. it is so good...yakoke, America, for your good work. it is so good to see how your interpretation of the article translates. i hope that others will be engaged to look to our cultures for the guides we need now to make our way into the future as Indigenous people. thank you. heather.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com