My spirit animal, the American Buffalo.

I have to admit that I am more of a fan of the term Buffalo but it is because of the symbol of the creature and not so much the actual factual about the creature. I love that historically they had their own territory as they roamed the vast North American continent. These amazing creatures roamed from Alaska to the Gulf of Mexico. Although these most powerful creatures once numbered in the excess of 10’s of millions they were once hunted to near extinction and only with massive intervention have they recovered to roughly 31,000, even if these numbers are restricted to only a select number of national parks and a few reserves. 

The sacred white buffalo “Big Medicine” represented all the sacred power of the mystic and real world around us. The buffalo symbol represents the sacredness of live and the abundance of resources around us. The buffalo is a symbol of self sacrifice and it will continue to give until nothing is left to offer. 

I love the idea of living up to the symbol of this great creature and one small way for me was to create this fun little drawing. 

Word art video

We, at Wienot films, are always trying to new ways to share our art with you. These videos and the idea of taking words and drawing images that reflect the word has come from the inspiration of our children and their desire to draw and love of learning from others drawings. 

I thought at first that drawing an image from a word would be super easy until I started on trying to work up my own image to draw on the whiteboard. I could not believe how challenging it was to not simply copy all the other fun ideas that you can see out there. 

I’ve had a ton of challenges and successes working on and finding some nifty ideas to draw and I look forward to getting more suggestions on future projects. Although this is not a replacement for our regular client work that includes explanatory videos and corporate videos, we are trying to challenge and push our creativity and expand the ways we can share with more friends. 

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