
White Bluebonnet Blessing




“Percept: Two Identities” Bronze sculpture by Debbie Gessner representing the phases of the moon and of life. The bronze looked at from one side shows a native man with the sun on his shoulder. The reverse side shows a man with the phases of the moon going through his hands as a necklace with each bead a different phase.


This poem references the experience of First Nations children who were systematically stripped of their culture and language in Canada’s residential schools. September 30th is set aside in the spirit of Truth and Reconciliation and marked by the wearing of orange shirts in memory of one young girl’s experience.
https://www.techlifetoday.ca/articles/2020/why-we-wear-orange-on-orange-shirt-day-nait


Aboriginal pictograph, Kakadu National Park, Arnhem Land, Australia
