Art On Water

Out westward the surf washes across the Lord Luckies.
At Sitka the cathedral bells call out their prophecies.
Above these flames, above this crimson beach,
a shadow rises with the updraft: croanq, croanq, croanq -
the black sanctus rising into the morning sky.

- from Charles Lillard's Closing Down Kah Shakes Creek.

I was put in mind of Lillard when the justifiably proud Guujaw, up in Haida Gwaii, was kind enough to email these photos today of the launch of three new ocean-going canoes, yesterday, coinciding with the grand opening of the Haida Heritage Centre at Kaay Llnagaay (Sea Lion Town).

Breathtaking.