by Nate Long | Jun 5, 2020 | Illustration, Journey Work
Threshold : We are acknowledging the demons of our own making And together we ask them with honor and conviction To back into the corners with the other shadows. Because there’s a crack of light as the door creaks open Where a blinding white spirit has sent us...
by Nate Long | May 21, 2020 | Illustration, Journey Work
Compassion : Feeling beyond gentle breezes on a hot summer day A knowing that it may be a hurricane to a child. This is my journey. — Nate Long “Owl” Graphite with digital manipulation
by Nate Long | May 12, 2020 | Illustration, Journey Work
A Visit : On my journey I find myself examining the forests. There are so many Spirits here! Some sit back in the shadows, some watch me, some seem a little more content. The variety of them is quite astounding. And each one seems to have a gift, a lesson and even a...
by Nate Long | Apr 27, 2020 | Illustration, Journey Work
The Other Side of the Hill : She looked ahead at the beckoning glow From the other side of the hill The path had been built to make it easier to follow Well lit, paved and smooth. She looked at the gardens she had long cultivated That she was being asked to leave...
by Nate Long | Apr 17, 2020 | Illustration, Journey Work
The Gardener : Find your garden-space deep inside your heart Trim the dead limbs and pull the weeds. Mow the grasses and find that one special spot And prepare a new sacred garden. Ask the Earth to gift you the soil and mulch, Then ask for a sacred seed to plant deep...
by Nate Long | Apr 9, 2020 | Illustration, Journey Work
The Counter : “One – two, three, four … Two – two, three, four… Three – two, three four…” The next set will be better The next repetition gets me “closer” to something The next step to a completion or goal Or to get through...
