WILLOW TREE - COURAGEOUS JOYWillow Tree Courageous Joy Courage to be seen, to be heard, to be healed With this figure, Im celebrating pride in ones heritage how knowing the past gives confidence in the present, and a sense of who we are. Heritage can be expressed by customs or language, or as in this figure, textile patterning. The etchings that cover her are inspired by traditional African woven Kente cloth, mud cloth, and iconic Kuba cloth markings. African textiles have such