Heyoka merrifield biography template
Heyoka merrifield biography template
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In Memoriam: Heyoka Merrifield
by KJ Kahnle
(Note: Heyoka was a long member and supporter of Artists Along the Bitterroot.)
Heyoka Merrifield’s physical presence will be missed by those of us who still walk this earth and knew him.
We have lost an artist, author, medicine man, mentor, father, grandfather, and friend.
Heyoka’s art career spanned over 60 years and was celebrated by collectors from around the world for his jewelry, shrines, and sculptures.
“I decided as a young artist that helping people to touch the sacred would be a meaningful goal in each creation.
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I believe that sacred art can help people to touch and feel sacred blessings. “ – from his book “Heyoka - 2020”
Heyoka believed that most of what we know about our ancient ancestors was learned from the sacred art that celebrated their mystical world.
He honored science for its many wondrous gifts to humankind, yet believed that when science took away many of our necessary traditional myths, it left a devastat