{"product_id":"dream-of-turtle-island","title":"Dream of Turtle Island","description":"\u003cp data-end=\"561\" data-start=\"451\"\u003eThis painting began the moment I pressed play on the audiobook of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-end=\"538\" data-start=\"517\"\u003eBraiding Sweetgrass\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand picked up a brush.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"847\" data-start=\"563\"\u003eI started with a blank canvas and no idea what I was going to paint. I thought the book might be something like the old Foxfire books about living off the land. Instead, as the stories unfolded — including the creation story of Turtle Island — the painting slowly began to take shape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"878\" data-start=\"849\"\u003eA reclining dreamer appeared.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1180\" data-start=\"880\"\u003eHer braids drift through the water like currents, carrying the movement of the painting across the canvas. Around her, the dream fills with sea life — fish moving through open water, shells and reefs, and above them a dark celestial planet holding Turtle Island itself, a world suspended in space.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1394\" data-start=\"1182\"\u003eAt one point a snake appeared in the painting and honestly scared me. Instead of painting it out, I placed it inside an unbreakable glass globe. The snake remained there, alive but contained, ready but unable to strike… and the dream felt like it could continue again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1550\" data-start=\"1396\"\u003eAs the painting evolved, the snake slowly changed form and became an eel — something that belonged naturally in the watery world the dreamer was creating.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1726\" data-start=\"1552\"\u003eBy the time the painting was finished, it felt less like something I planned and more like something that arrived while I was paying attention. The dreamer rests to the sound of the sea from a conch shell,  while her braids move with the currents and the ocean creatures drift through the dream of Turtle Island.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kim Rody Original Paintings","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47919516909807,"sku":null,"price":18000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0799\/3632\/3823\/files\/IMG_4292.jpg?v=1772991339","url":"https:\/\/www.rodyoriginals.com\/products\/dream-of-turtle-island","provider":"Kim Rody Original Paintings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}