Sharing the wisdom of the spirit - Jacobson native art

Good evening everyone. At my new outdoor art studio will be this medicine table. A place where the public can smudge with me and the power of my ancestors. To have dialogue with our Creator. With each other...

          Looking forward to sharing beauty and kindness. Deep in the Kootenay mountains. 

         All my relations...MAJ

Found myself chasing rainbows in the sun!

A beautiful ride today in these spectacular mountains. I am feeling blessed and happy about life these days. I’m so grateful for my lifestyle and the connection I have to the spirit of our Mother Earth. I love exploring the majesty of nature spirit and the animal life upon her. I come across grizzlies, brown bears, black bears, a couple cougars now, eagles, hawks, deer, elk and all sorts of bird species throughout here. 

I recently put out another “spirit feast” for this next yearly cycle of life existence. I go out to these mountains and bring medicines, tobacco offerings, spirit food and I sing to the spirit of Mother Earth. I offer these blessings to the ancestors and give thanks to the Creator. I think of those in our world that are struggling and that are suffering and I think and pray for them and their loved ones. It is good medicine to do so. 

Others have done this for me and it is a responsibility to carry on these teachings. My family is strong with regard to our cultural ways. I am blessed in this manner and feel honoured with such good teachers in my family bloodline. Being Anishanabe is so beautiful. I am proud of who I am and proud of my heritage. It is a profound experience to be so connected to who I am. Decolonization is a reality that seemed so far out of reach until I took action to change the path. I am a sovereign. My sovereignty as Anishanabe is perhaps the greatest truth I’ve ever known...it’s like finding your wings. 

All my relations...MAJ 

Jacobson art deep in the mountains

 

I absolutely love riding my quad in these spectacular mountain ranges called the Kootenay’s. I left Vancouver in 2017 because of the birth of my son, Sagein Wisdom. I spent 17 years living in Vancouver. Before that I also cut my teeth as an artist in Toronto Ontario for about 8 years. I left there in 2003 and have never looked back. 

Obviously it was necessary to leave the big cities because I felt that my boy would flourish well living so close to nature spirit and indeed this has proven to be the case. I too have felt the immense changes and power of this move. My work is definitely way more connected to the spirit of our Mother Earth. We literally live on a mountain so, it’s incredibly powerful and moving for anyone let alone us artists. 

Life these days is truly fantastic. I love living out here and the access I have to nature spirit has been the most profound connection I’ve ever had in my life. It is influencing me and the artworks in a dramatic fashion. The language of Mother Earth runs deep. I know this language intimately and I encourage anyone  when the opportunity knocks to connect with nature spirit, do it. When she invites you in, embrace her power, her wisdom. 

All my relations....MAJ