Raven Print Cycle

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After a year of drawing and cawing, The Raven Print Cycle is now available! I am asking you to be my focus group. Please vote for your favorites by going to www.bethsurdut.com/listening_to_raven_prints.htm where you'll find 11 images. lf you've been following the journey so far, you know there are stories here. I eagerly look forward to you posting your thoughts here on the blog or emailing info@bethsurdut.com
To thank you for participating, the prints are offered at special prices if purchased by July 30.

Raven Walks Like a Man

In my dream, Raven walks like a man.

My friend Cuervo, who grew up in Columbia, warned me, "If you see a really big raven, I mean, one that is big like a dog, it's a spirit or a brujo, and not a good one."

Raven lopes towards me, beak wide open and pink inside, so I know he's young, but I don't know what he wants, so I wake up.

I draw every feather and shadow of him until he walks off the page to tell me why he is here.

Raven just flew by my window. I can see everything through the wall of glass, the light so beautiful I can breathe.

The Ravens of Truth and Memory

The Norse God Odin sent two Ravens out each day--one named Thought (Hugin), the other Memory (Munin).

Here, I've changed Thought to Truth.
Memory allows Truth to gently pick through her feathers until both birds shine.
While I was creating Truth and Memory (paper size 15" X 22") with pen and colored pencil, heart and mind, two tiny Zuni fetish ravens carved by a married couple into black marble and bound together with turquoise and coral perched on the paper's edge. I found them through the grace of the White Raven who owns Keshi in Santa Fe.
My thanks to kind-hearted Cordova Raven, who cares for ravens and eagles in Alaska.
For the beginning of the Raven story that brought this mermaid to the desert, start with Drawing Raven.