We Live in Accordance with the Stars

Sq’ Bik’ehgo Na’adá (We Live in Accordance with the Stars)
Chrissie Orr, Susanna Carlisle & Bruce Hamilton

We Live in Accordance with the Stars/Sq’ Bik’ehgo Na’adá took place on June 20, at 16:09 MST in Window Rock at the coordinates 35° 39' 52" N 109° 03' 02" W, an earth drawing inspired by the stars and created with materials and images appropriate to the unique environment and cultural communities of the Navajo. By bringing the constellations to the earth, the artists aspired to reconnect the earth with the sky and reflect unity, beauty, mystery, and sacredness. Through thoughtful collaboration and the convergence of cultures—contemporary and traditional—the project was meant to shift our ways of viewing the world, reconnecting us to what the stars have always been trying to tell us.