Artist Statement: ARTIST’S STATEMENT

In this contemporary Coast Salish design, the round salmon egg in the center symbolizes a natural, healthy diet, a traditional Coast Salish diet in some way comparable to contemporary organic foods. The square shape of the design symbolizes the ARTificial chemicals and preservatives in modern foods. A traditional Coast Salish diet was much more healthy than a modern diet.

a native man
with a can
of Coke

in his hands
he’s got “globalization”
in his hands

he’s partaking in
the cola conquest
while dying
of diabetes
....

in this capitalist
consumer culture
in which we live

fast food franchises
want to feed people
a DIEt of dEATh
and make money
not care
for customers

-- lessLIE

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