“I am Life, Creator of Worlds”
Three Sisters Collective led by Autumn Dawn Gomez (Taos/Comanche) | The Lena Wall, Oga’ P’ogeh | 2024
The new mural references and inverts Oppenheimer’s famous quote that he made referencing the Bhagavad Gita “I am become death, destroyer of worlds.” The mural inverts this as: I am Life, Creator of Worlds. The entirety of the piece is about rematriation, the return to the connection with our original mother, Mother Earth and the wisdom she provides that has been overshadowed by almost a century of nuclear colonialism’s devasting impact on the land and bodies of the original peoples of New Mexico and all inhabitants. Here the mother(s), are both archetypal and embodied beings, encompassing the cycles of life, including traditional agriculture that is the core of Pueblo culture that has been compromised.
A panel talk with Autumn Dawn Gomez, Myrriah Gómez, PhD, and Kathy Wan Povi Sanchez, M.A., moderated by Christina M. Castro, PhD). November 3rd, 2024, at The Lena Wall, 1805 Second Street, Santa Fe, Oga Po’geh, New Mexico.
Three Sisters Collective 