A quite lively discussion has blown in from space on a friends Face-postcard about something I forgot because it went a completely different way in short order and is now a history lesson on indigenous peoples.
It was said the “Native “”American”” people” were here first and that they claim to be “Indigenous” and that they have their traditional stories to back up their claim to properties etc.
That got me to thinking (usually leads to minor disasters) that just because someone in your past lived some place and told creation stories doesn’t always mean you have any more rights than the guy who was born there after you lost the battle, in my case way after.
I know, growing up, my mother used to tell me, when I asked how I got here that I came from heaven and perhaps, if I’m a good boy, God will give me land there again though I think he may balk at the casino I want to build even if it is to take all the sinner’s money or credits or what ever the currency of his realm is.
And further more if in the past there was only one super continent, Pangaea or what ever they really called it, then we all have a claim to everywhere cause we are all descendants of the original inhabitants and I’ll bet a dollar to a doughnut there aint anywho who can tell me where they thought they came from even after the break up.
I thought perhaps we are all from Mars via the Pleiades star system but had to leave cause the Marshonians wanted the place back so we moved on as they had come from the Hercules system to Mars first.
To send every one back to where they came from is stupid, you can’t fit that many people on Ellis Island let alone grow enough hemp there to have a trade economy with New York.
I don’t know the answer other than if we don’t start being natives from “EARTH” the little grey men will boot us out and wipe out the myths of our origins from then to eternity.
Wow very impressive Linda, you did an amazing job last year, glad to see you are taking up the mantle again. I think I will give it a try myself as I am working on a kids chapter book and this may be the kick in the pants I need to keep a good pace.
So what do I need to do officially to join you in your quest? How do I add your groovy SkADaMo button to my blog, or do I make my own?
btw: are you sketching digitally with a wacom or a cintiq? I ask ’cause you have kept your line work pretty close to your traditional look and when i have tried it with my wacom I really can’t draw as well, just curious.
keep up the good work, cheers -k
I love chicken scratch…. count me in!!!
Kevin, how fun that you’re going to try it with me! Actually, there are no rules, just grab the little badge off to the side and add it to your blog sidebar or anywhere you want to put it. You don’t really even have to do that. Maybe add SkADaMo to your tags, so you can easily access all 30 of your sketches. We can make stuff up as we go along, just mostly try to get a sketch a day up.
BTW, I’m using a Wacom and using a Photoshop brush I grabbed from someone online and then tweaked with my own texture. I can give it to you if you’d like.
You keep up the good work too!
Yay, Roberta! How fun that you’re joining too! See the above reply to Kevin, who is also joining for the very sparse rules, hee hee! Sketch on my sistah!
Thanks again for inviting all. Have been looking for another great challenge to push the creativity this month!
I have really missed seeing your almost daily sketches, Linda. In fact there are times when your illustrations trigger either a flash fiction piece of a children’s picture book story for me. And since I’m participating in Tara Lazar’s PiBoIdMo again this year, I look forward to any other inspirations your wonderful drawings may come my way!
Donna L Martin
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I am in…gonna try and work this in conjunction with the PiBoldMo ideas I generate. Looks like my 10pm bedtime goal might be tossed out the window this month. Thanks for the challenge.
Awww, Donna, that is so sweet of you to say! If I’ve been even the teeniest trigger in your creativity, I feel honored. Yes, I’m hoping, also, that this gets me back in the game, not only in November but for good!
Oh wow! That actually sounds like a great idea. I might try that as well. Yeah, who needs sleep, eh? Good luck, Jennifer!
we’ll sleep when we’re dead