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| "Respect," by Dazaunggee. |
Artist's Note
Before we can have respect for others, we must first respect ourselves. We must accept the knowledge that we have and apply it in our daily lives. When we are covered in blankets of shame, oppression, fear, ignorance, we cannot respect ourselves – or others.
We who are the grandfathers and grandmothers, the Omishoomisan and Ookomisan, should be teaching the children and we, ourselves, are unlearned. The only way you can truly be born again is to change the mold and really discover who YOU are – know from your spirit and place of fire. Do the hard work to get there.
Until we look at the little boy or little girl inside each of us, and forgive that little boy or girl, and let them know they are okay now – they are safe now – we continue holding on to those things that make us mean-spirited, angry, deceitful, and shamed. How can we respect others when we do not respect ourselves?
We Form Ourselves. The hardest work I have ever done is to unburden the child. My child had many experiences, ugly experiences, and the work for me was to go back, to embrace the experiences and the little boy who had suffered so much.
Before we can have respect for others, we must first respect ourselves. We must accept the knowledge that we have and apply it in our daily lives. When we are covered in blankets of shame, oppression, fear, ignorance, we cannot respect ourselves – or others.
We who are the grandfathers and grandmothers, the Omishoomisan and Ookomisan, should be teaching the children and we, ourselves, are unlearned. The only way you can truly be born again is to change the mold and really discover who YOU are – know from your spirit and place of fire. Do the hard work to get there.
Until we look at the little boy or little girl inside each of us, and forgive that little boy or girl, and let them know they are okay now – they are safe now – we continue holding on to those things that make us mean-spirited, angry, deceitful, and shamed. How can we respect others when we do not respect ourselves?
We Form Ourselves. The hardest work I have ever done is to unburden the child. My child had many experiences, ugly experiences, and the work for me was to go back, to embrace the experiences and the little boy who had suffered so much.