By Marika Swan

“This is an limited edition, archival quality giclee print of a woodblock print. 

In my community we have sacred songs that are shared at specific times and passed down through lineages. Whales also will sing long and complex vibrational messages out through the depths of the ocean. All the whales in an area will sing virtually the same song at any point in time and the song is constantly and slowly evolving over time. This is one part of the relationship I see we have with the whales we used to hunt. A young two-spirited community member is holding the drum, bringing the community back together in the return of our sacred ways of being

Following the Sacred Heartbeats is a part of a series of woodblock prints exploring my people's natural and supernatural relationship with whales.“