Akua Lezli Hope
Spirit Vest
This work is about ancestral spirits,
guardian spirits, those known and unknown who created me. The motifs include a
dancing figure, ladders, leaves, male, female and child/neuter figures,
masks/faces, one large tree, small graphic trees, triangles, and trumpets.
I first conceived of the predominant forms as future people, but came to
realize that those future folks were my forbears, braver and more daring than
any of us who live/d where they landed in the Great City. The ladders stand for
the windows of time as well as the connection.
My many unknown
predecessors are represented. While there are not many apparent
ancestors, there are many whispering through the eons. All four of my
grandparents migrated to the United States in the teens and the early twenties
of the 20th century from the islands of Montserrat and Jamaica.
They all broke precedent and created a bold new future for their
children-to-be. I feel the responsibility of witness
bearing. I am grateful for their love and daring.
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