I’m happy to report on my artist residency at Chokechaka, in the Sacred Valley of the Incas, Peru. I spent six weeks and produced 14 drawings based on Apu Pitusiray, a jagged ridge which I viewed every day from my residence. Apparently, this is one of the most mythical peaks (16,732 feet) in the Sacred Valley.
“To the Quechua people, this is no ordinary mountain.
Pitusiray is an Apu, a sacred spirit, a guardian, a protector.
In Andean cosmology, the Apus are alive. They are ancestral beings, holding memory, wisdom, and presence.
Offerings are made to them for harvest, healing, protection, and balance, a deep relationship between the people and the land.” (LionHeartJourneys.com)
