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Marguerite Paquin (PhD) entered into explorations of Classical Mayan art, culture, and calendrics as a natural extension of her work as a multicultural arts educator. For over 30 years she has had a particular interest in the arts of indigenous peoples worldwide and, as a teacher educator, has helped thousands of people to become more aware of the significance of these art forms and the wondrous ways in which they add meaning to life. Her intensive research into Maya art and culture began in the early 1990's. However, it was her work with Mayan calendrics, in combination with her return to painting, that led to a particularly important discovery - that she had a long lost family in Mexico. Through this association she was able to personally connect with ancient sites and information sources in Mexico - sources that continuously augment the foundations for her on-going explorations. Marguerite has been specifically inspired by the concept of the "artist-scribe", who played such a significant role in Classical Mayan society. She has discovered that glyphic interpretations are not only imbedded in a deep cosmological context, but individual ideas can also take many different hieroglyphic forms. It is this base of reference that provides the foundation for her art work. Personalized art works, such as the graphic interpretation of cosmological influences on specific days (such as birthdays), enable Marguerite to create unique images imbedded with layers of meaning. The "scribe" aspect is reflected in the Personal Identity charts that she creates, as she uses authentic sources to identify and describe cosmological foundations for specific dates and then illustrates these with hieroglyphic representations. (Please see EMPOWERMENT TOOLS, JEWELRY, ETCHINGS, and PAINTINGS for information relating to Personal Identity Charts and art works.) She is also an accomplished author: See our companion Website http://www.whitepuppress.ca for her recent publication: Manual for the Soul: A guide to the Energies of Life.

Wayne Paquin is a multi-talented artist with interests in many fields. Sharing Marguerite's deep interest in indigenous arts, Wayne has explored many of the sacred sites of the Northwest, Southwest, and Mexico to gain insight into the arts and cultures of these regions. Through these investigations he has also learned of a "surname connection" between his Canadian Métis-derived name, PAQUIN, and the same name/spelling commonly found in Zuni pueblo in New Mexico. Also intriguing is the fact that due South of Zuni Pueblo, in the Casa Grande river valley of Northern Mexico, can be found the ruins of the impressive ancient city of Paquimé, the "City of the Macaws", which contains many astronomically-aligned structures. It was a Zuni elder who informed Wayne that the name PAQUIN originally meant "SUN PRIEST", amazingly close to the Mayan "AH KIN " term meaning "those of the sun and time". Indeed, Wayne enjoys working with the energy of the sun in his creation of both ceramics and jewelry oriented around Classical Mayan calendrical day signs. His interest in photography is showcased in our ArtsPaquin section. He also works with Marguerite in the creation of Non-Toxic Intaglio etchings reflecting Mayan cosmological and hieroglyphic imagery.


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