by Dawn Patel | Dec 19, 2016 | 2016 election, acceptance, art process, art world, artist, artists, artists journey, artists manifesto, artists process, consciousness, contemporary art, contemporary storytelling
A Confession, a Conclusion, a Manifesto….Otherwise titled, Five Years in the Journey of a Artist in the Age of UnenlightenmentOtherwise titled… Onward!Five years ago I sat a table with a small group of friends and revealed to them my decision to step away from the...
by Dawn Patel | Dec 2, 2016 | ancestor dress, ancestor dresses, ancestry cloth, ancestry clothing, art, contemporary art, contemporary storytelling, gypsy, immigrant, indigenous culture, nomad, Standing Rock, surivivors, wearable art
Ancestry Cloth is an esoteric act, a symbolic act, a metaphor for the immigrant, for the nomad, for the wanderer. It is a daily meditation, weaving together a forgetful monochromatic present with the colors and patterns just beyond memory. When I’m cutting...
by Dawn Patel | Dec 13, 2014 | contemporary storytelling, deception, disguise, fables, lifetimes, make-believe, masquerade, never-ending story, parallel universe, quantum theory, reincarnation, stories, storytelling
mas·quer·adeˌmaskəˈrād/noun1. a false show or pretense.”his masquerade ended when he was...
by Dawn Patel | Dec 12, 2014 | animal husbandry, animals, be wild, contemporary storytelling, dancing jackal, domestication, ecology, fox, intuition, jackal, nature and man, sentient beings, stories, symbolism, the wild, totem animals, wild
The Sentient Beings: Jackal and the Story of IntuitionJackal lives her life with few enemies and becomes a trusting soul.Jackal meets man, and wants to play.When close, she senses something dangerous, and backs off. In another lifetime Jackal was a human....
