"Sacred Circles"
(3'x3' oil on canvas )
The hoop dancer symbolizes the renewal of the earth. He dances within cycles, a celebration of the renewal of the Earth's own cycles.
This hoop dancer dances on the image of the earth which was glimpsed by the astronauts from space when man first walked on the moon. When we first saw the earth from space, it was hoped that there would be a new consciousness that would come from this first ability to view ourselves; our planet. We could now see our planet. Now that we could see ourselves from space, surely we would realize how fragile the earth really is, that we are but one object in space. Surely with this new perspective, we will honor the earth more. Perhaps we will preserve the earth, our only planet to live on.
Wildcat's "Hoop Dancer" represents such a hope. May this hoop dancer's sacred circles renew mother Earth, her sacred cycles, and our consciousness of the delicate and difficult nature of this cyclic dance.
This painting was exhibited for American Indian Earth Day: A Gathering for the Earth, art exhibit at the National Ellipse during Earth Day, 1995, and at the University of Kansas Museum of Anthropology Annual Indian Arts Exhibit, 1995.