Gemmaindia - Gemma India

Clayton Thomas Mueller and Kandi Mossett of the Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN) at the UN Climate Negotiations, Copenhagen, 2009 by Gemma Givens.

The May exhibition at the new La Antigua Galeria de Arte extension by Gemma

Fletes en la Bajadita by Felix Vidal Chacon and San Francisco por la Mañana by Hugo Gonzalez Ayala

5a Avenida Norte, Antigua Guatemala

Mohawk potter Roger 'Sosakete' Perkins and his daughter Kariwaiens during a showing at Gathering Tribes gallery in Berkeley 2008. Perkins is currently the only traditional Mohawk potter in the world. Photo by Gemma Givens.

~ A Sufi Story: The Water of Life Once upon a time a wise man said that the day would come when all the water in the world, except that which had been collected and gathered for oneself, would disappear and then different waters would come

 to replace what had been lost. But, the wise man continued, anyone who drank the new water would lose their mind. So, one man, took the prophecy seriously and he began to store up water for the coming of the drought. And, the day that had been predicted came and every body of water was emptied out and dried up. The man who had stored up his own supply of water drank from it, while many died. Then, as suddenly as it had gone, the water returned again and the lakes and rivers and streams and wells and ocean all filled up with water again. People thirstfully drank this water and then they went crazy. But the man who had listened to the wise mans prophecy continued to drink from his own supply and he kept his sanity. He was the only sane person left among the madmen and therefore he was called crazy. After a time of being criticized by all as a crazy man, even though he thought and felt that he was the only one who was sane, he poured out his own water onto the ground and he drank the new water. He lost his mind, but, all the madmen now decided that he was sane and welcomed him among them. ♥

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The May exhibition at the new La Antigua Galeria de Arte extension by Gemma

John Maxon and Sergio Alverado

5a Avenida Norte, Antigua Guatemala