As soon as I saw Jaune Quick-to-See Smith's “Memory Map” I knew what I had to do.  The glyph she depicted over Utah instantly reminded me of the ancient glyphs at Horsethief Lake in Washington State — those eyes! The site had been desecrated in the creation of a dam; today there is a small wayside historical site where rescued glyphs are displayed.

The key figure is my adaptation of a real glyph at Horsethief Lake. I wanted to keep him pretty much the same. The map is fairly local; the wheels are for trains, vehicles, and industrialization. The newspaper advertising had words that reflect the way society has mistreated indigenous peoples. While the original glyphs are solemn and mossy, I wanted this piece to scream in vivid colors.

Newspaper over canvas with Mod Podge. Acrylic paint which is thick in places and translucent in others. I scrubbed some of the dried acrylic off of the piece with a ratty paint brush. There are a few stamps and a random candy wrapper thrown in (because it is an amazing purple metallic wrapper and I **needed** to use it somewhere).