by Nate Long | May 23, 2019 | Illustration, Journey Work
Lizard’s Eye : A tired bone, Seen through a lizard’s eye. A broken blade Lying rusted and red. Three-hour nights Filled with grey-blue dreams. Fingernails and tadpoles. Grassy fields and water wheels. Greasy engines and lighter fluid All living in...
by Nate Long | May 15, 2019 | Illustration, Journey Work
Reconnecting : The Human has made it very clear from past actions and attitude: We wish to be separated from Nature. Nature, in turn, recognizes our intentions and so She pulls away from us. There are those of us who wish to reestablish our spiritual and energetic...
by Nate Long | May 9, 2019 | Illustration, Journey Work
A Flight on the Winds : A feathery seed drifts over the lawn, Over the housecat lying still in the grass, Past trees and past the birds. It flies as long as the wind wills, Floating and drifting and waiting To land in some boy’s sandbox Or to settle in the hair...
by Nate Long | Apr 25, 2019 | Illustration, Journey Work
The Blue Door : “The blue door was truly a magic portal into a happy place The door knob was silver and was so shiny that it sparkled And while she lay in bed she would see it and imagine it was made of diamonds” Nate Long...
by Nate Long | Apr 17, 2019 | Illustration, Journey Work
Morning Medicine : Burning cedar and a smoky cool morning A formation of white cranes flies over the water The sun is impatiently waiting for permission To rise over the hills and to warm the howling winds Where a waking is occurring upon the shoreline And a drowsy...
by Nate Long | Apr 10, 2019 | Illustration, Journey Work
Window : There is a blueness behind the glass That seems to beckon For an endless upward expansion Looking through into the alternate Into the Eden and the alternative Into the bottomless abyss. There is another world out there Actually many, many worlds And they each...