Tattoo

I have been wearing the colors for 10 years now, so I thought I’d make ‘em permanent.

- Primarily it’s about Aboriginal protocol and their just call for treaties. In lieu of a message stick, wearing the colors (Aboriginal flag, of earth, sun, and sky/skin) is a way for me to declare that I am with their basic cause. I have observed protocol as best I can and have the blessing of the Whadjuk elders to be here, and I listen for their wisdom.
- But also, the colors are woven into a Celtic braid, which shows I can bring my heritage to this and find a lot of common ground.
- the three strands can symbolize a lot! The Trinity; cultures brought together by Christ’s blood (Ephesians 3); God’s glory flowing through our cultures…

All this has an aroma of “Shalom” – that’s the Hebrew word inked there. It’s a huge, holistic, sense of all levels of reality finally being right with each other. And I’ve experienced enough of it to think it’s worth identifying myself with the pursuit of it.

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