The more I listened to this autobiographical tale, the more I was drawn into it. Little is known of the life of Emily Carr, but this story could be real. Emily Carr was captivated by the spirit of the natural world in British Columbia and the indigenous people who lived there, both of which were regarded as having nothing of value by the newcomers to the province. The forest that she loved was wanted only for its timber, as it is today. The people that lived there were worthless, dirty, heathens to be Westernized by missionaries. Only in the east and Europe was she accepted as a genius artist. She was accepted by the artists of the Group of Seven, Canada's internationally acclaimed painters. This story does much to imbue us with the spirit of her love for the woodlands and the woodland people and of her struggles for recognition for herself and the people whose world she loved.
