CRAFTMANSHIP

I recently saw an exhibition of aboriginal art in the Ethnography Museum

in Geneva which I used to visit often with my husband who was an ethnographer.

I was amazed to see the wonderful works of art of painted animals and

figures with little many-coloured dots by hand which showed a very keen

sense of local awareness, geography, and nature appreciation. I also

watched documentaries of their village lives, how they managed to blend

with and use natural tools without damaging their natural ecosystem.

As I left the museum, I looked at myself on the mirrored doors that lead

to the exit and realised the importance of such exhibits; how they make

us realise our place in the world among all other cultures and ethnic

groups, how they make us realise that we are not much more special

than any of the others whose existence(s) we get to witness through

such exhibits.