Jean is finishing a bachelor's degree at Columbia College in Illinois with a major in clinical psychology, so that she can help with the many serious problems of the Indians in her community on and off the reservation. The tribal history that was denied her in her childhood is being realized on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, where she and her children spend summers so that they can all be included in the language and customs of their people. She expects to move nearer to the tribal community with her children in the near future. Jean's art may become more serious, influenced by this move, but my guess is that her sprightly drawings will retain their whimsical and personal touch. In life there must be a balance.
Balance expresses the duality of all creations, that of the body and that of the spirit.
One is a mirror image of the other. When there is a balance there is harmony.