Norval Morrisseau, Observations of the Astral World, c. 1994
I just heard the announcement on the radio that Norval Morriseau, the medicine painter, is dead today. Flying in blissful light I hope. It's rare for me to hear news like that and get shivers all over and burst into sobbing. In fact, it's never happened to me. Copper Thunderbirds work connects me to something I need to be connected to. There are images he has offered that I hold so close, that have carried me on this spirit path, that have helped me find my prayers and deliver them.
Copper Thunderbird, thank you for all that. I hope you are traveling now in a place as beautiful as your paintings.