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Domino Cohn is an artist working in Holualoa on the Island of Hawaii. Her recent body of work explores the Kumulipo (Hawaii's creation chant).

"Naonao" is listed as one of the "crawling things" in the Hawaiian creation chant and translated by Queen Liliu'okalani as "ant." In the scientific community there is no true ant that is native to Hawaii, but rather a wingless fly that fills the same ecological niche. Imagine being so secure with your place in the scheme of things that you give up the ability to fly!