lusila̱ks - light a fire inside, or, raven the phoenix. my sticker design for pride month 🏳️🌈🔥
i've gotten lots of comments on my 2021 art of raven as a two-spirit interpretation, here; i've continued to reflect on it as new people keep talking to me about it. i've esp thought about it in relation to how important transformation is as a concept in tsimshian culture and oral history. reflecting on the famous adaawx of him stealing the sun, i imagined the sun giving off its rainbow of light and enveloping him, and likened that to a phoenix, which are also symbols of transformation. i'm very proud of this design!
i'll be honest, it's been a weird month in an already weird year. my gf and i had a really close call in our first ever car accident a week ago. we're miraculously unhurt, but we easily could've been, badly. this and other events just have me reeling, and are humbling me. i'm grateful and lucky to still be here. lusila̱ksu - i'm building my fire inside. even when it's so, so difficult
if you'd like to support me this month, it's available on my patreon until the 30th. luk'wil t'oyaxsut 'nüüsm da txa'nii goo (thank you all for everything), and safe and happy pride 🧡