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26 | August 16, 2018 | Malibu surfside news LIFE & ARTS<br />
malibusurfsidenews.com<br />
Glimpses of glyphs and the glory of Malibu<br />
Restored Chumash<br />
pictographs, photos<br />
of city’s beauty<br />
displayed by Kozma<br />
Barbara Burke<br />
Freelance Reporter<br />
“My mission is to reveal<br />
beauty, of the land and<br />
ocean, the animals and the<br />
cultural landscape of ancient<br />
peoples,” Jazan Kozma<br />
said.<br />
Long before cars congested<br />
the Pacific Coast<br />
Highway, emitting noxious<br />
gases, before Surfrider was<br />
one of the most iconic surf<br />
points in the world, and<br />
before the internet’s cacophony<br />
incessantly spread<br />
news and often insipid rumors,<br />
the Santa Monica<br />
Mountains were untouched<br />
by human intervention. The<br />
tranquil Pacific and its creatures,<br />
aquatic plants and algae<br />
calmly existed, entirely<br />
unimpeded by humanity’s<br />
manipulations, and Malibu<br />
and its surroundings were<br />
inhabited by ancient civilizations<br />
that modern man<br />
can only attempt to comprehend.<br />
At an artist’s reception<br />
for “Keep it Wild! Malibu’s<br />
Mountains and Ocean,” an<br />
exhibit by photographer<br />
and Chumash pictograph<br />
illustrator Jazan Kozma<br />
at King Gillette Ranch on<br />
Aug. 5, attendees viewed<br />
innovative artistic explorations<br />
depicting the natural<br />
phenomena amid the<br />
mountains and the oceans.<br />
Kozma strives to document<br />
and celebrate the status<br />
quo of Malibu’s special<br />
environs, its creatures, features,<br />
flora and fauna. She<br />
uses her lens to preserve<br />
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What: “Keep It Wild!<br />
– Malibu’s Mountains<br />
and Ocean”<br />
When: Displayed from<br />
9 a.m.-5 p.m. through<br />
Sept. 2<br />
Where: King Gillette<br />
Ranch, 26800<br />
Mulholland Highway,<br />
Calabasas<br />
the phenomena that make<br />
Malibu wonderful.<br />
“Each work is indescribably<br />
beautiful,” attendee<br />
John Melton said. “One<br />
feels as if each picture<br />
captures the essence of the<br />
subject and that the viewer<br />
is part of the image.”<br />
Kozma takes her time<br />
when she lines up a shot.<br />
Her captured image is designed<br />
to allow a viewer to<br />
feel like a part of the action<br />
of a fleeting moments forever<br />
etched in her creative<br />
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Jazan Kozma captured this photo of the Malibu Pier<br />
when Hurricane Marie hit in 2014. Photos by Jazan Kozma<br />
captures.<br />
When Hurricane Marie<br />
hit the Malibu Pier in 2014,<br />
Kozma was there, capturing<br />
a wipeout by a deathdefying<br />
surfer who lived to<br />
tell the tale but might not be<br />
able to recount it as colorfully<br />
as Kozma’s shot. In<br />
a 12-inch-by-12-inch image<br />
rendered on Moab Entrada<br />
Rag 290 bright paper,<br />
a viewer almost can hear<br />
the surfer shouting mid-air.<br />
Kozma also shows surfers<br />
hunkered below the Malibu<br />
Farm Pier Cafe, which also<br />
survived the onslaught.<br />
Moments in Malibu’s<br />
mountains mystify Kozma,<br />
who cherishes photographing<br />
the area’s natural features.<br />
The sea also beckons<br />
Kozma, who often manages<br />
to capture images of<br />
pelicans, cormorants and<br />
sea lions on the rocks of<br />
Point Dume.<br />
Kozma’s other fascination<br />
offers the piece de resistance<br />
of the exhibit. Two<br />
colorful, restored pictograph<br />
images of Chumash<br />
cave art beckon viewers.<br />
Kozma painstakingly restored<br />
the pigment on the<br />
“Birth of a Shaman” is Jazan Kozma’s restoration of a<br />
Chumash pictograph.<br />
Jazan Kozma’s “The Call” features California sea lions at<br />
Point Dume.<br />
panels from cave art she<br />
will only vaguely describe<br />
as “somewhere near Point<br />
Mugu.”<br />
One such work took her<br />
a full year — more than<br />
300 labor-intensive hours<br />
— to create. “Birth of a<br />
Shaman,” a 24-inch-by-<br />
24-inch piece depicting a<br />
Chumash shaman’s attire,<br />
demeanor and aura, emulates<br />
one of the panels that<br />
has survived best. Such<br />
rock paintings were sacred<br />
to the Chumash.<br />
The location of the original<br />
pictographs must remain<br />
secret so they are not<br />
defaced. Archeologists,<br />
paleontologists, geologists<br />
and historians struggle to<br />
preserve them. Kozma has<br />
painstakingly tried to depict<br />
their original vibrancy and<br />
hues, utilizing a digital res-
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