Michael Higgins, "Medicine Wheel"

Michael Higgins Medicine Wheel, 2024 24" x 24" Mixed Media: steel, string, acrylic paint, feathers, leather $650 -- Modeled after a Lakota Sioux medicine wheel, the four colors represent the four races of the peoples of the world united. The feathers represent souls passing through and were added to the wheel individually over many years. A counting rope hangs from the wheel - each knot representing an affirmation of human greatness and individual victory or a victory for humanity. There is a talismanic intent with the wheel. There is a ritual and meaning attached. a mindfulness, a reason for hope. an acknowledgement of a connection to deeper forces. the wheel is a channel, a prayer and a shield.