This gallery specializes in products come from around the globe, purchased as often as possible in local markets, and from local crafts persons. As my friend and I looked at the works from around the globe, I was struck by how similar the themes that appeared across the various cultures were. The same symbols have, or appear to have, some kind of meaning to many cultures. The similarities among the various pieces are what stood out. Which makes sense when one realizes that humans are more similar than different.
Every human being needs certain things, shelter, clothing, and food.
There are only so many ways that people can fulfill these needs, thus there will be many similarities. However the similarities can be seen in so many other areas as well. Animism, shamanism, mysticism were universal. The worship of the sun, the moon, and the animals that fed us led to similar beliefs, with different rituals used to honor the objects of worship, but still worshipping the same things, and all truly only worshipping one thing, Life. Life, that we all continue living, with and among each other.