richardmurray

Animal BFF 

The image above is the submission

Title: Wantagh's Cat

I hear on the beach the following whisperings
Asunal Oolihkmbuyal
Asunal Wiipongweewal
Wantagh Nzuksew

I made a graphite drawing, developed a poem based on that drawing, and then an ink and then colored the ink. I wanted to use the indigenous language of NYC which is Muscee, of the original inhabitants of NYC, where we get the words Manhattan, Wantagh, Montauk from. 
I do not know Muscee and I can not confirm what I read is correct. But from what I comprehend of Muscee, I translated the following into Muscee

The Waters are Blue
The Rocks are Grey 
Wantagh is Black 

SUBMISSION
https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Animal-Best-Friend-Forever-Submission-885747866
ORIGINAL INK
https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Animal-Best-Friend-Forever-Original-INK-885748190
ORIGINAL GRAPHITE
https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Animal-Best-Friend-Forever-Source-Graphite-885748474

I learned the Muscee from the website the following webpage is a part of
http://www.native-languages.org/munsee.htm