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Artworks
Jakob De Boer
Sproat Lake, Where Ravens Cry #27, 2017Toned silver gelatin print17 x 22 in. (image) / 20 x 24 in. (sheet)
Edition 2 of 5$ 3,600.00Sproat Lake, Vancouver Island. Some places are best understood through metaphor: The poet Skaay refers to human beings as xhaaydla xitiit ghidaay: ‘plain, ordinary surface birds.' Creatures with more power - killer whales, sea lions, seals - know how to dive. They pierce the surface, the xhaaydla, it's called in Haida. If we go with them - if, that is, we are invited to go - we enter the world of the myths. - Jakob de BoerSproat Lake, Vancouver Island. Some places are best understood through metaphor: The poet Skaay refers to human beings as xhaaydla xitiit ghidaay: ‘plain, ordinary surface birds.' Creatures with more power - killer whales, sea lions, seals - know how to dive. They pierce the surface, the xhaaydla, it's called in Haida. If we go with them - if, that is, we are invited to go - we enter the world of the myths. - Jakob de Boer2of 2