Carving in Quarantine
Andrea Cook Ts’áak’ KáJúu (Singing eagle) is an old soul on fire, both tranquility and fury swirl behind the whirlpool of her eyes. At 22, Andrea’s artist heart thumps with a fiery intensity that is balanced by ten thousand years of ancestral wisdom. She experiences waves of unspeakable trauma that temper her, but do not define her.
In her little apartment, my friend tells me about bringing her first mask to life within these walls. She tells me about carving in quarantine.
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Published in Anecdote Magazine.
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GratitudeHawaa to dear friend Andrea Cook who is always generous and couragous with her vulnerability and perspectives on life, strength, healing, and creativity on the Tongass.
Thank you to Ecotrust for awarding me with the 2020 Rural Reporting Fellowship which supported this work. Thank you to Anecdote Magazine for the platform.
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