Analysis Of The Wings Of Morning By Sterley Choyce

Lesley Choyce is a Nova Scotian author and publisher of Pottersfield Press, who offers insight on life that focuses on the natural landscape around his home. This insight derived from his unidentified personal crisis. Choyce examines his life in the Seven Ravens, as an act of therapeutic nature writing that interweaves a philosophical and perceptive memoir. He writes about his journey over a two-year span of self-understanding by exploring everything around him. For example, Choyce uses ravens as a benchmark to guide him along his journey. Thus, he decides to hike north from his house until he has passed seven ravens, and then he returns home.
In his chapter, “I Decide to Become a Shaman”, he writes about wanting to be a shaman or an alchemist,

He describes his garden, animals he and his daughters save, surfing, hiking, books he reads, and places he visits along his journey. In chapter, The Wings of Morning, an interesting theory on the Blue Jay method that was used to help guide the writing direction and inspiration. He mentions that he adopted this technique from the Chinese, specifically being inspired by Chi Yiu. This technique reminds me of how my ancestors first learned their songs from the birds. During his journey he found recovery in the natural world, which is beautiful but also dangerous. For example, Choyce recalls a tragedy in his past when he tried to save a woman from drowning but failed which has greatly impacted his life. His writing illustrates the connections with both the physical world and the literary

He recalls the last time he encountered the infamous Edward Cornwallis statue covered in red paint symbolizing his attempt to commit genocide to Lnu’g (Mi’gmaw) by placing a bounty on Lnu’g women, men and children scalps. As a matter of fact, that piece of legislation, according to the 1756 proclamation offers a bounty for each Mi'gmaq scalp. It's never been removed, and the province has never apologized. The Mi’gmaw asked almost 20 years ago for this law to be taken out of the books, even the Coast has noticed how this issue was shoved under the rug, “According to CBC’s 15-year-old story, First Nations chiefs asked the premier to remove the province’s 250-year-old scalping law from the books back in 1999." What has been removed is the Cornwallis statue on February 1,