Kokopelli Rainbow at Sunrise
by Robert J Sadler
Title
Kokopelli Rainbow at Sunrise
Artist
Robert J Sadler
Medium
Digital Art - Digital Art
Description
Kokopelli, the bowed-back flute player of Native American cultures, is said to be variously a fertility deity, a trickster god and a symbol of the sprit of music. I first encountered the ubiquitous Kokopelli while living in Taos, New Mexico. In August of 1998 I went up the mountain to Taos Ski Valley to attend an intimate and fantastic concert by Herbie Mann, flautist-extraordinaire. Herbie Mann lived, at the time, in or near Santa Fe, New Mexico, and to me, embodied the spirit of music; a modern day Kokopelli. Indeed he identified with the symbol naming his recording label Kokopelli Records. I wrote Kokopelli for Herbie Mann in the repeating poetic form of the pantoum and accompanied it with a single Kokopelli image I created (the same image reproduced here). Herbie Mann (Herbert Jay Solomon) passed away July 1, 2003.
Kokopelli
a Kokopelli
shoulders turned introspectively
playing its flute, the Spirit's music flows
like sweet water from a spring
shoulders turned introspectively
that Spirit of mellow music
like sweet water from a spring
enters the soul of every human being
that Spirit of mellow music
known by its Indian name
enters the soul of every human being
from the Hopi-man to Herbie Mann
known by its Indian name
playing its flute, the Spirit's music flows
from the Hopi-man to Herbie Mann
a Kokopelli
(c) rjs 8/98
robert j. sadler's
Kokopelli
from: Vol. 2, Chapter 8, Pantoums of the Opera
Poetic Lic. #4121964 Volumes 1-4
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October 3rd, 2013
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