Artist Statement: "Coast Salish bracelets, collected only in the 18th and 19th centuries, were
made of goat horn. Most of these bracelets had what some scholars believed to be decorative, non-representational designs. As a contemporary Coast Salish artist, it it my contention that these designs were an ambiguous and abstract way of visually expressing the Coast Salish world view. For this reason, in
the center of this design, I have placed two ambiguous, visually vague faces,
which are flanked by abstract, "decorative" designs.

these aesthetic principles
are not mere aesthetic principles
they are actual principles
to live by in lIFe

these motifs are not mere motifs
they are actual cultural beliefs
to live by in lIFe

these designs are not mere designs
they are actual cultural interpretations
of the grand designs of the cosmos"

--lessLIE

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