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Honorable Mention Throw Down Your Arms and Come by Areta Buk Brooklyn, New York |
| FROM THE ARTIST: This piece began as
a talisman for peace.
The title borrows from
the lyrics of Winston Rodney, also known
as Burning Spear, a Jamaican roots reggae
singer and musician, known for his positive
message of honesty, peace and love.
In the song, “Throw Down Your Arms and
Come”, he advocates dropping the weapons
of brute force and ignorance, and using
reason to embrace our differences. The
four figures illustrate the Hopi prophecy
of the World of the Fifth Hoop where the
four sacred colors (representing brothers
and sisters from four different directions:
yellow from the East, black from the South,
red from the West and white from the
North) will reconnect “to create something
new that has not been seen since the beginning
of time.” Each of the figures assumes
the same gesture with an open heart, suggesting
our common ground of individual
experience, as well as symbolizing the collective
body.
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