Thus, a building or a product may be considered sustainable by human standards, but not by nature's standards. The idea contradicts everything we were taught. Those teachings go back to the very beginnings of the Iroquois Confederacy some 1,000 years ago. But this culture has abandoned its children. Trees sleep in winter, then bloom with life in spring to spread seeds that will grow more life.
People are born, they live, they regenerate, and they die.
And within this constant regeneration is great mystery. Lyons is troubled by his white brothers' attempts to dissect and destroy the mystery. They will never succeed, and all of their attempts will only bring trouble. We are beginning to see that now in the power of the winds and rains. Lyon's has exhibited his own paintings widely and is noted as an American Indian artist.