Tag Archives: Navajo: Visions and Voices Across the Mesa

Grandfather Tree of Knowledge

Shonto Begay We say “nizhonigoo bil iina”, the beauty that you live with, the beauty that you live by, the beauty upon which you base your life.  For me, beauty is anything that stirs the soul, the emotion, whether it be grief, anger, joy, or melancholia.  –Shonto Begay Shonto Begay is a Navajo artist, children’s …

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