Harriet Hill
Phoenixville, PA
Born to Dutch dairy farmers in LA, lived life cross-culturally, especially in Africa , now pursuing my first love, making art.
MessageI was so bored as a kid, but I haven't been bored for as long as I can remember now.
There is always something to enjoy, to observe, to interact with.
When my family lived in a village in Côte d'Ivoire, there were challenges of malaria, parasites, and tropical ulcers. We had water and electricity cuts for days at a time without explanation–or actually with an assortment of explanations to choose from, all conjecture.
We did home school. We baked for entertainment and made endless crafts. And read books outloud as a family every evening.
The kids tromped around the village and had adventures I know not of.
We observed life, made friends, and attended long hot church services we barely understood.
Storytellers told us folk tales and we sang along.
We took part in rituals in our courtyard, libations honoring the ancestors, girls coming of age, boys being initiated, rites to protect children from malicious forces, frequent funerals.
We observed loud marital squabbles carried on in public intentionally, and food-preparation that took many women days to complete.
And on and on.
So very much to be curious about!
- Framed: 9 x 9 x 1 in