#19 - The Black Phoenix
Created by by Cassy Marzette on the University Book Store #18 - Pressure#20 - Untitled |Heart|
The Black Phoenix
Artist: by Cassy Marzette
LOCATION: University Book Store.
Artist’s statement:
“They took our Black bodies from us. Chained us. Tried to break us. Punished. Manipulated. Starved us. Tried to bury us & make ashes of our culture. Make ashes of our language. Make ashes of our voices. Make ashes of our story.”
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According to the Greek historian, Herodotus, the myth of the Phoenix comes from Egyptian tradition. The phoenix was a bird associated with the cult of the sun and related to the flooding of the Nile. The Phoenix would rise from the ashes of their predecessor. It was a symbol for creation and life.