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“My mom told me what she knew of them: the tattoos were sewn into the skin and the procedure was very painful, and the more tattoos a woman had, the more beautiful she was because it showed her strength.”
—about Inuit tattoo - via puhitaq
“… The Eskimo Sculptor is gently holding the walrus tusk intact in his hand and whispers: “Who are you? What lies there?”
”Ah Ptarmigan!”
”The sculptor’s knife releases the form that was hiding in the tusk. “
”… The Eskimos do not force the ivory [to become something], but respond to it as it reveals itself. That is their attitude towards everything, especially the people - the parent vis-à-vis the child, the husband vis-à-vis his wife. “
”… Like an X-ray device, the sculptor reveals not only what he sees, but what he knows is inside.” —Edmund Carpenter’s notes (1958)
”Ah Ptarmigan!”
”The sculptor’s knife releases the form that was hiding in the tusk. “
”… The Eskimos do not force the ivory [to become something], but respond to it as it reveals itself. That is their attitude towards everything, especially the people - the parent vis-à-vis the child, the husband vis-à-vis his wife. “
”… Like an X-ray device, the sculptor reveals not only what he sees, but what he knows is inside.” —Edmund Carpenter’s notes (1958)
“
I found a little plot of land
in the garden of eden
it was dirt and dirt is all the same
I tilled it with my two hands
and I called it my very own
There was no one to dispute my claim
“Journeys, even in the Amazon, are subtle disguises of a sort of immobility. Whatever the road is, it never leads anywhere but to yourself. Journeys are pointers to an inner chemical alchemy. Finally the real journey is to leave yourself, never to travel elsewhere.
The adventure is its own eye on the world. The Amazon is always an inner journey.” —David Le Breton
The adventure is its own eye on the world. The Amazon is always an inner journey.” —David Le Breton