Masks Of Greedy Cannibalistic Spirits Or Diseases That Consume Everything That Keeps Itself Alive
”Wetiko” (aka “Wendigo” or “Windigo”) is an Algonquin word that describes an insatiably greedy cannibalistic spirit or disease that consumes everything that keeps itself alive. I made these archetypal masks and brought them to life to represent various aspects of Wetiko as well as the antidotes to this disease. I wanted to give these aspects that I recognize in myself and in the world an actual face (made from plaster cloth on my own face) and likewise to show ways to combat them internally and externally. I believe that it is only by “facing up” to these parts of ourselves that we have a chance of creating a future that we can live in.
Photos by Larry Pollock, http://larrypollockphotography.com
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Wetiko: a part that is insatiably greedy and doesn’t care about the consequences of indulging its hunger.
Fear: a part holds us back from responding to our own higher and wiser callings.
Shame: one of the parts that is most crippling to feel and which we try at all costs to avoid experiencing.
Inertia: Another immobilizing part that makes everything seem too difficult to be worth bothering making effort towards changing, even if doing so is for the better.
Pleaser: a part that doesn’t want to rock the boat and would sell its soul to keep whatever so-called “peace” it believes its keeping.
Desire: a part that always wants more, better, and different every thing.
Soldier: a damaged part that thinks the best solution is always to fight.
Privilege: a part that is too busy with its own private life to have time for anything else.
Woe of the World: a part that is connected to and in touch with the pain of others.
Addict: a selfish part that just needs a break from everything and is willing to sacrifice all including health, money, relationships, the environment, and the entire planet even, to support its habits.
Grief: a part that is devastated by all the internal and external destruction and loss.
Nature’s Voice or the Mute: a part that isn’t able to have a verbal language through which to express itself.
Insight: a part that is able to be reflective and to look within and without for deeper understandings that have the potential to alter our entire perspective.
Courage: a part that feels fear and steps forward anyway.
Eccentric Artist: a part that mixes and matches any and everything in order to bring it’s imagined new creations to life .
Rebel: a part that doesn’t accept the social status quo, questions authority, and disrupts business as usual.
Love: a part that appreciates people, animals, the environment, and the diversity of all living things.
Mystic Pilgrim: a part that seeks for understanding beyond the seen world into the realm of the spiritual.
Compassion: a part that has empathy for every one and thing, exactly as they are.
Transcendence: a part that is full of peace and joy and is content regardless of all that is happening in the internal and external world.
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