Reflections On Visiting With The Hopi
561 views · Published 18 February 2017 · 3:45 · Indexed 27 October 2026
Channel: Life The Basic Manual · 2017 · Education
In this video clip, Sian shares some of her thoughts and feelings after visiting with the Hopi people on First and Second Mesas, North East Arizona. She describes how on an emotional level, she felt not only honoured and humbled by the warmth of the welcome she received from those she visited, but also a strong resonance with her rural Welsh background. Walking into the home of Anita, a talented potter on First Mesa, reminded her of her maternal grandmother, partly because of the sense of being in the presence of someone who was deeply rooted in their culture and their community. Sian also reflects on how the Hopi people have kept alive a vibrant spiritual life, despite the pressures of colonisation and living in what is a marginal environment in terms of climate and economics. She shows us one of Anita’s pots, with its fire flaw, and muses how like that pot, we are all tested in the flame, and all bear our fire flaws. And yet we are so much greater than the sum of our scars. SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS https://www.youtube.com/c/lifethebasicmanual?sub_confirmation=1 FIND LIFE THE BASIC MANUAL HERE http://lifethebasicmanual.com http://www.facebook.com/lifethebasicmanual http://instagram.com/lifethebasicmanual http://twitter.com/BasicManual
