First Light #1
by Jon Burch Photography
Title
First Light #1
Artist
Jon Burch Photography
Medium
Photograph - Digital Capture/textured
Description
It doesn't take much imagination to look at a Arizona Grand Canyon sunrise and envision Native Americans greeting the sunrise with their sacred pollen and ceremony. My studies in this regard are limited, as is my knowledge, to readings I have done in Tony Hillerman novels. I don't know much about it, but I can visualize similar events happening in a place like this.
In Navajo thinking, all good things in life result from respect for the harmony of the universe, known as hozho. An orderly balance governs the actions and thoughts of all living things. Like any other ideal state, this can be difficult to maintain. Whether conscious, unconscious, or the result of a skinwalker, a transgression can result in illness, misfortune, or even disaster and can be remedied only with a prescribed ceremony to the offended deity. Unlike Western medicine, Navajo cures are targeted at body, mind, and spirit, calling on the patient, his kin, singer, and divine people to restore his harmony with the world.
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Photograph copyright Jon Burch Photography
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August 24th, 2014
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Luther Fine Art
Luther Fine Art 13 Minutes AgoCongratulations! Your fantastic photographic art has been chosen as a Camera Art Group feature! You are invited to archive your work in the feature archives discussion in the Camera Art Group.
John M Bailey
Congratulations on your feature in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"
Nadine and Bob Johnston
Knowledge from Hillerman is accurate, straight from thee Native Americans. Have read all of his books, wish he had written twice as many. :)