by Nate Long | Jan 15, 2019 | Illustration, Journey Work
What’s Between : I listen to the beating drum and try to reach in between each strike on the surface of the drum. As I concentrate on that space, I see the beats become the slats on a fence or the trunks of aspen in a forest, and in between each tree is the...
by Nate Long | Jan 9, 2019 | Illustration, Journey Work
Practice Being the Flower : Don’t restrict yourself to this sideWhere you are drastically limited on optionsFor healing and joy and connections with lifeAnd for creating good relations Your spiritual path is unique to you and you aloneBut what is it that you are...
by Nate Long | Jan 2, 2019 | Illustration, Journey Work
Generation Medication : Why is it so easy to forget that the challenges we have today were confronted and battled and healed a million times before by our ancestors back to the dawn of humankind? Why do we think we are so alone and so unique with the struggles and...
by Nate Long | Dec 12, 2018 | Illustration, Journey Work
Perspective : Sitting across from youAcross the expanseThe other side of the worldYou upon the Western horizonMe here in the EastWhile I rise, I watch you retireWhile I am born, you pass awayWhile I am fearful, you are depressedWhile I anticipate, you rememberI...
by Nate Long | Nov 29, 2018 | Illustration, Journey Work
Mapmaker : Imagine that you are constantly drawing a map of where you wish to be going. YOU are drawing it and no one else. You include lovely things like pleasant sunsets and waterfalls and maybe the perfect home. You include friends and family and lovers and all...
by Nate Long | Nov 19, 2018 | Illustration, Journey Work
Turkey Medicine : Nourishing the body, mind and soul Blessings from the underbrush and For the earth we stand upon Gratitude for all abundances For all of the harvests For all of the relations that grow A “Thanks” that is given For all that Mother has...
