We sculpt, we carve,
we draw and write,
enfleshing awe
for our mindsight.
What we think we know,
what we know we feel,
elusive, taunting,
unprovably real,
we try to capture,
to see, explain,
for eye that seeks
in heart and brain.
That eye wants form —
it matters not
that form derives
from mythic thought.
Thus the legend,
myth and lore
that spring from deepest
human core.
Because we have
this itch to see
every invisible
mystery.
More thanks to photographer S.W. Berg,
and to artist Jeff Savage, whose sculpture marks
the headwaters of the Mississippi and the role of women,
the Caretakers of the Water,
according to Anishinabe (Ojibwe) belief.
Thanks also to the Minnesota Percent for Public Art and the Mary Gibbs Mississippi Headwater Center at Lake Itasca Minnesota State Park.
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