“FOLK art is an expression of one’s life, not one’s culture. The past and the present co-exist. Local artists have an instinct for creation. In a place without tradition, they make art that does not look like art. Let’s call it community spirit, its sensitive and open-minded. Human-centered….
A folk artist takes pride in bringing back memories, recreating a sense of the past. Art is dreams and treasures in the flow of life. Such an artist is a kind of historian, re-living good or bad, beautiful when expressed in art….”
(Geoff Hancock, Loreena McKennitt: Celtic Quest, pp. 20-21)
