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"Cherokee Lament"
24" x 36' Original Acrylic
by clc
A 'Lament' is a song of sorrow, or a wailing & crying of deep sadness & regret.
No one can fully appreciate the horror & despair of this gentle people, the Tsalagi, most of whom were farmers and shop keepers, as they were removed forcibly from their homes & made to walk through the unforgiving weather & harsh terrain to a new land....a land chosen for them by strangers.
Into a prevailing West wind, & with the cold North light of Winter at their shoulder, how they must have longed for the warmth of the Southern sunshine & cried in their hearts as memories became only Echoes from the East....& a past life no longer theirs....
11 x 14
Matted-Ready to Frame
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