Day 31 of 50: Today, I am empowered by Buffy Sainte-Marie, Indigenous Canadian-American and Oscar-winning composer, and her “You Got to Run (Spirit of The Wind)”*
Listening to “You Got to Run (Spirit of The Wind),” I can’t help but feel Powerful - like I can enter the sun unscathed. At “And you learn how and you learn when / To take a chance on the spirit of the wind” (© Buffy Sainte-Marie), I can feel my heart, my entire being soar higher and higher, beyond the clouds, above any obstacle, over mountains of adversity. Being a champion never felt so unquestionable to me!
*Note: This song is sung in collaboration with Tanya Tagaq, Canadian Inuk throat singer and composer.
“Buffy Sainte-Marie” (2020), Oil on fiberboard, 6 x 6