Indian Giver
During WWII, my family spent 4 years in the re-reclaimed desert of the Gila River Reservation.
Something about the US Government taking back the land they forced the Native Americans onto after annihilating their entire civilization and stuffing it with "Enemy Aliens" always made me laugh through the tears.
I rarely dig into this directly with my art, but a history of displacement and denial of identity is a huge part of who I am.
So when you ask me where I come from, I have to take a moment and remember that each of us are more than merely what we can carry on our backs or the stories in our faces. You can strip me down and define me, but you still won't see me. You can force me into the wasteland, but I will not break.
And when I see the Stars and Stripes, I salute because there is barbed wire in my blood.
Gaman— We endure.
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Minuit in G
"We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors; we borrow it from our Children."
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Ruins of Forgotten Time
“One of the most dangerous forms of human error is forgetting what one is trying to achieve.”
– Paul Nitze —
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A Better Tomorrow
“Today was good. Today was fun. Tomorrow is another one.”
– Dr. Seuss —
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The Rising Sun
The Rising Sun
My father's family came to the US from Hiroshima in 1905. During WWII, my family was interned in the American concentration camps while their cousins and nieces died at the dawning of the Atomic Age.
I can only hope to live up to their legacy— a barren sea of sand and the burnt shadows in my heart.
History is what you make with it.
"Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds."
— J. Robert Oppenheimer —
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Godzilla
Gojira
"I can't believe that Godzilla was the only surviving member of its species.
But if we continue conducting nuclear tests, it's possible that
another monster might appear somewhere in the world again."
— Godzilla, 1954 —
[ Learn the real story of the survivors of American Pacific nuclear testing 60 years later ]
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