Veterans of color, as Silko reveals in her novel “Ceremony,” often experience a disconnect between the military’s ideals and the country’s.
Tag Archives: Leslie Marmon Silko
Cutting Edge Native Healing Ceremonies
Silko explores the power of Native American healing practices in “Ceremony,” some of which modern medicine is beginning to adopt.
Silko and Trump on Weaving
In response to Trump’s defense that his rambling is verbal weaving, I look at applicable weaving imagery in Silko’s novel “Ceremony.”
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Ceremony, dementia, Donald Trump, Election 2024, joy, Kamala Harris, PTSD, stream-of-consciousness Comments closed
God Reaches Us through Art
I share a talk about the relationship between God and creativity. Authors mentioned: Shelley, Homer, Plato, Silko, Walker, Clifton.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Ode to the West Wind", "the light that came to lucille clifton", Alice Walker, Artist's Way, Ceremony, Color Purple, Creativity, Homer, Intimations of Immortality, Ion, John Milton, Julia Cameron, Lucille Clifton, Paradise Lost, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Plato, poetic muse, Republic, William Wordsworth Comments closed
New Monument Protected against Witchery
The new Ancestral Footprints National Monument closes the land to uranium mining. Leslie Marmon Silko should be glad.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Ancestral Footprints National Monument, atomic bomb, Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni, Ceremony, Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Joe Biden, uranium mining, witchery, World War II Comments closed
Silko Foresaw Arizona’s Water Crisis
In “Almanac of the Dead” (1991), Silko foresees Arizona’s current water problems.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Requiem for Sonora", Almanac of the Dead, deserts, drought, Richard Shelton, Sonora Desert, water problems Comments closed
On Black Friday, Stay Focused
In “Ceremony,” Leslie Marmon Silko warns what can happen if we let commercialization blind us to our real gifts. It’s a good lesson for Black Friday.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Black Friday, Ceremony, drought, technology, Thanksgiving Comments closed
Indigenous Authors May Save Us
Silko’s “Ceremony” shows the way towards a climate-friendly future, if only we will listen.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Ceremony, climate change, extreme weather events, global warming, Hurricane Ian, Indigenous Peoples' Day Comments closed
