By Vincent Ferguson
But the inspiration for the Snake Dance show also comes from the native Hopi Dance. Bartow counts himself as a descendant from the Mad River Band of the Wiyot Tribe in the Humboldt Bay area in Northern California before his family, a couple generations back, moved to the Oregon Coast where Bartow currently calls home. Analogously, Bartow refers to the snakes in the Snake Dance as human problems, and dancing with them allows us to embrace those problems, putting us on the path toward recovery. Bartow first embraced his health problems, and then used his talents to create art allowing his recovery to happen naturally.
Below: Bartow's drawing "What the Snake Told the Magician."
![](http://image3.examiner.com/images/blog/EXID18343/images/BAR2156_WhatTheSnakeTold(5).jpg)
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