My artistic style flows directly from my writing. When I write, images rise naturally to illustrate my stories. The text below is the inspiration behind this piece.
 
 I appreciate that Native Americans treat stories as medicine. My favorite story is about White Buffalo Calf Woman. This Lakota story validates the female aspects of nature and emphasizes the importance of maintaining right and reciprocal relations between humans and the rest of the natural world. 
 I also appreciate how many Native Americans’ expansive view of the planet is manifested in the medicine wheel; it teaches that there is no whole if the parts are not in balance with one another. Family and home comprise a much wider circle. To those who abide by the medicine wheel, the earth is a cathedral; their drums manifest the earth’s rhythms and vibrations. While valued, children understand that they are not the center of the earth but its continuation.
 I also appreciate the holistic Two-Spirit view about gender and sexuality, a concept that the rest of the world is barely beginning to understand.
 
From my book Walking on Earth with Thich Nhat Hanh (p. 104)