Description
Title: Hine o te Pō
Artist: Tayla Hartemink
Iwi: Ngāi Tūhoe, Hōrana
Description: Painting with poetry
She waited at the breaking of dawn
A state being, Uncertain, Shifting
Drifting with the breeze
Like the swaying gold of toitoi reeds
Warming the waters that greet her and glisten
But there is no song to sing and no one to listen
Poupou turn away from her in shame
The fabric is frayed, Unravelling the pain
Twisting like the wrists of weavers
Wrapping, Turning, Recreating
Seeking the pieces and trying to connect them
What is the ourpose beyond creation?
Sinking further, Deeper
Spending her days in an endless night
Then in an ocean of darkness
She is reclaimed
From the soils of Kurawaka, and deep red clay
From the currents that carve groove scars from the river to bay
From the shoulders of mountains and beneath
In te po
She waits
Materials: Acrylic, canvas
Weight and Dimensions: 5kg – 1000 x 795 x 15 mm
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