qarrtsiluni (iñupiaq):
“sitting together in the darkness, waiting for something to burst”
“The need to go astray, to be destroyed, is an extremely private, distant, passionate, turbulent truth.”
Y whatever
1. Yupik
natives of southwest Alaska and partly Siberea (known as Yuit), possessors of a great holiday traditions and the most beautiful appearance among all the eskimos - i tell you that in spite of my inner one (metophoricaly okay?) who is likely to be iñupiat (i’m not sure though). yupik literally means “genuine people”. like all of eskimos (and actually a lot of aborigens), they know so well the essense of transformation, they live it, they let the motely wind of mythology blow through, and i believe their art heritage, in which you can see the most of it, is one of the richest the Arctic could give. creatures, elements and other different pieces floating, transforming into each other is the core of their art.
2. Yukon river
satellite shot and no photoshop
3. Youme&Meyou
(Einstürzende Neubauten)
they have proven quite effectively
that bumblebees indeed can fly
against the field’s authority
they invent each other ever anew
still they won’t have a different view
of everyone or anything
defend themselves against the whims of fate
question the statistics, accelerate
the status quo, deny the rules of gravity
but they don’t use the word
once dropped it might break
they do not say that they have loved
for who can say
4. Yehl
the creator and the artist, the raven and the sacred trickster, originaly in Tlingit culture (still known in different Haida and Inuit tribes) - just a perfect diety. his image might be not so easy to unravel but i’m sure it’s enough to explain the core principle of the world, seriously.
5. Yo La Tengo - Don’t look down series
