by Nate Long | Feb 14, 2026 | Illustration, Journey Work, Special Event
Gather love from around you, like you would collect herbs in the forest. Love is not given.It is gathered.The forest provides. Leaf, flower, root, or bark.A sacred bag will hold.For potions and poultices. Lovers touch each other.Gentle soothing.Heart healing....
by Nate Long | Feb 8, 2026 | Illustration, Journey Work
Notice where the ground gives way in you, and step there with intention, bringing only what you are ready to leave behind. Some holes are bigger and deeper than others,Some are camouflaged under scattered leaves,Some are a chasm in the middle of the road we walk,And...
by Nate Long | Jan 1, 2026 | Illustration, Journey Work, Special Event
We arrive as the wheel turns,and the world turns with us.Stone remembers our footsteps.The year exhales and draws us back into its rhythm.We are not beginning again—we are returning, carrying what has learned our names.We listen now for the voices already moving...
by Nate Long | Oct 28, 2025 | Illustration, Journey Work
Reflection and Shadow A quiet pool will hold your face,A liquid portrait, soft and near,It knows your form, your time, your space,But cannot know the thoughts you bear,A lovely ghost, but not the soul. When evening comes, the form extends,A stretch of charcoal upon...
by Nate Long | Oct 9, 2025 | Illustration, Journey Work
She, the Tree, stands highand beckons for us to landSacred groundsConnecting us deep in the soilOpening the sky for our wingsWhere a feather’s tickle tells allUpon a breeze where whistlingComes from the beak of babesSome of us are closer to transformationTo...
by Nate Long | Sep 16, 2025 | Illustration, Journey Work
The scent of woodsmoke and damp earth,Has settled on a cool and crisp morning,Whispering a promise of change. We stand at the year’s crossroads,With a harvest to fill our hearts for what’s to comeAnd gratitude, as we release the summer heat. The amber...
