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Original music composed by Andrew Reach
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I’ve been trying to get my head around the terribleness that is happening in our country. It’s frightening. Such cruelty. Such lawlessness. Such greed. Such racism, homophobia and hatred of the “other”. Such cravenness for power. Way too many adjectives to list that can’t describe this dystopian reality. I needed to create something for my sanity as a backstop, something for me to lean on that expresses the better nature of our humanity.
Forged with six MODEL CITIZENS, TOTEMELISK is inspired by ancient Egypt, the First Nations of the Pacific Northwest and Mesoamerican cultures. MODEL CITIZENS are sentinels that represent a world citizenry with democratic ideals that respect all peoples from every walk of life and care for the common good. The common good is a broad term that encompasses ensuring that everyone, regardless of economic status, religious affiliation or agnostic, gender, race, sexual orientation and disability and the entire spectrum of humanity too long to list, has access to clean air, clean water, nutrition, education, a livable wage, good working conditions, culture, a viable livable earth and most important the pursuit of happiness. MODEL CITIZENS have a common structure; 4 legs, a cubic body and a vertical pinnacle representing the spine. Within this common structure, is carved out different personas. We are all the same and all unique.” Our shared humanity is a beautiful thing to be celebrated, not torn down and to be pitted against one another.
