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Of Smoke and Murals and Skunk Cabbage -- Just a Walk in the 'Hood

 We're under gloomy, smoky skies still, here in Vancouver. The smoke lifted a bit yesterday, but seems to have tucked itself back around us for now, and the forecast hints that this will continue for the next week. Teasing possibilities of rain -- 30% chance of drizzle here, 60% chance of showers there. . . I suspect that by the time it all clears away, this summer will have settled right into fall.

And of course, fall promises all those new beginnings, not to mention the boots and the plaids. I've already checked out a few courses I'm interested in, and my daughters just signed the local grandkids up for their fall-session swimming lessons.  . .

 Meanwhile, though, while the skies are grey and low, and lungs and eyes and sinuses testify that the smell of smoke is particulate, the temperatures right now are very comfortable for walking. I've been wandering the back lanes in my neighbourhood, looking for murals added to local walls in this month's Vancouver International Mural Festival.

I was tickled to discover this exuberant mural by young Coast Salish artist Atheana Picha, whom I had the absolute delight of hearing speak recently. Her presentation was one in a series of talks by  artists on how they'd built and were building their careers as artists -- despite pursuing their art in non-traditional ways. Several had been told in art school that what they were doing -- or wanted to do -- wasn't art. The paths they'd followed were inspiring, not particularly easy, but guided (eventually, often after some detours) by a love of mark-making and a faith in doing what they loved.

 Atheana impressed me by her enthusiasm, her youth -- she's only 18, just finished her first year of art school -- and above all, by her determination to reclaim the art of her First Nations heritage and make it part of a personal style that will also integrate the rest of her heritage (Fijian, Czechoslovakian, and British). This article, announcing a scholarship Atheana won, and the addition of one of her works to the YVR airport collection, will give you a sense of why I'm convinced this young artist is "one to watch."

Of course, if you've been reading here for a while, you might suspect that she had me at skunk cabbage.

It's our Anniversary today -- 44 years married, together for almost 45 (yes, we knew each other barely a year before the wedding. Doesn't seem to have worked out too badly though . . . ). So I'm off now to spend some time with the boy. 

And what are you up to today? This weekend? Any fun discoveries of new-to-you artists recently? Or of public/street art in your neighbourhood? Comments always welcome, even if you're just waving hello ;-)

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