"I like to remind myself that this time right now is all we have. The movement I'm suggesting in this painting is about the cyclical nature of the human condition, how we have a chance to move from the past into a future yet to happen. The implications that we can choose to realize our fullest potential affords me a positive mental attitude about where I find myself right now." - Mike Alexander is an emerging Anishinaabe artist originally from Swan Lake First Nation in Treaty #1 territory, who lives on the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. His spiritual name is Animikianikwad, or Thundercloud Man. A member of the Crane Clan, Mike's art serves to communicate stories and teachings of the Ojibway people
