Sun Bear . . . Native American Medicine Man & Shaman. . .

Sun Bear
(August 31, 1929, White Earth Reservation, Bimidji, Minnesota-June 19, 1992). Native American Medicine Man and Shaman. Born Vincent LaDuke. Known as Gheezis Mokwa. Ojibwa. Father of Winona LaDuke, Green Party candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1996. Experienced visions as a youth. Court-martialed a spent six months in prison for evading military service after basic training. Actor. Sought to teach indigenous wisdom to non-Native Americans. Founder and Medicine Chief of the Bear Tribe Medicine Society, 1970. Author of Buffalo Hearts (1970), The Path to Power (1987), Black Dawn/Bright Day (1992), The Medicine Wheel: Earth Astrology (1992), The Bear Tribe's Self-Reliance Book, At Home in the Wilderness, Walk in Balance (1992), Dancing with the Wheel, Dreaming with the Wheel (1994)
- Talking with my friend Richard about
Keith Jarrett
Sun Bear Concerts
recorded in Japan. . .
Richard sent this photo
 & footnote about Sun Bear
Native American Medicine Man and Shaman
Thought it'd be fun to share it with you all. . .
:)

v 012 black and white frame of mind. . .black and white

black and white in the morning light
still, all. . .
© 2011 bijou le tord

marie laurencin artist . . .

Yet she looked as if she'd just finished her housework
and got down to paint . . .
a day like any other . . .
© rosenberg archives

shrimp v 01 black/white shot . . .

shrimp v 01
shot in full light . . .
©2011 bijou le tord 

forests. . .

acrylic and pigments
painting / work in progress. . .
© 2011 bijou le tord

the green bean shed . . .

have you ever dreamed of a little shed
where you could sit
and dream by . . .

- whereabouts unknown. . .

ration, Andiyan Lutfi, Indonesia . . . ants feeding

when you think ants bug you , remember this :
they feed much in the same way we do. . .
photograph : © 2011 Andiyan Lutfi , Indonesia
courtesy Sony World photography Awards 2011