EPPH - Every Painter Paints Himself

A Sioux Story on Creation

Every painter paints himself is not just an expression of a poetic method but an insight into the nature of reality. That’s why it’s so important. You can only see in front of you what you already know or feel inside you. Thus, we too paint our own experience.  We just don't know it or often forget it. This strange but important truth is the essence of art. The good news is that if you know your reality is a reflection of yourself, you can change it too and not accept facts as fate. Color them differently.

On that note, here is a story that the Sioux Indians have long told. The Great Sioux Nation is the largest group of native people in North America and was once dispersed across a vast area of the continent.

A Sioux Story

The Creator gathered all of Creation and said, "I want to hide something from the humans until they are ready for it. It is the realization that they create their own reality."

The eagle said, "Give it to me, I will take it to the moon."

The Creator said, "No. One day they will go there and find it."

The salmon said, "I will bury it on the bottom of the ocean."

"No. They will go there too."

The buffalo said, "I will bury it on the Great Plains."

The Creator said, "They will cut into the skin of the Earth and find it even there."

Grandmother Mole, who lives in the breast of Mother Earth, and who has no physical eyes but sees with spiritual eyes, said, "Put it inside them."

And the Creator said, "It is done."