Glenn, I suppose she is inspired...

by pokynojoe, Saturday, February 18, 2012, 13:10 (4662 days ago) @ Glen

by the VIEW from Mr. Henry's cabin, as opposed to the cabin itself.

A number of years ago she had a commission from the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians in which a somewhat exhaustive survey was done of Cherokee cabins in preparation for a portrait of Sequoyah. I suppose after that she kind of wore it out.

It's a funny thing. I've visited this cabin dozens of times, and every time I do, I come away conflicted. I love the Smokies, and spend much of my free time there. I'm grateful I live so close, I can enjoy it any time I want. But when I see this cabin and other places in the park, I'm reminded of the lack of respect for the "hill people's" property rights by the government, back in the twenties and thirties. I can't imagine what it would be like to "see" this view as I awake every morning, and then suddenly have it taken away from me. I'm not sure I'd ever get over it, I know many never did.