Artist's notes

Highly-figured maple platter.

Sisiulth and the moon design by Fred Anderson.

Sisiulth & Moon ”Embraced” The Sisiulth is a sea serpent that represents the positive and the negative of who you are. The negative side is like the thief in the alley, that voice in your head that tells you that you are a failure, a loser, and suppresses your potential. The positive side tells you that we must embrace the tough times, the setbacks and failures. This will awaken the warrior within. In order to accomplish your dreams you must first wake up and embrace life, and claim what belongs to you.

The moon is for wisdom. A time to reflect on our past experiences, knowing that all experiences in life positive and negative must be embraced and dealt with or we will always be victims. If we acknowledge them we will be set free from bindings that have held us back for so long. So sad it would be to reach the point of death only to realize I have not lived.