by Nate Long | Jun 26, 2018 | Illustration, Journey Work
Whirlwind of Happy (A Love Poem) : Seemingly suddenly, someone has stepped into the heart-space I’ve been carefully and intentionally creating. Maybe I only recognize my vulnerable empty spot because it finally is filled with such love. This also makes me even...
by Nate Long | Jun 7, 2018 | Illustration, Journey Work
We Are All Birds in the Tree : She stands high and beckons for us to land Sacred grounds Connecting us deep in the soil Opening the sky for our wings Where a feather’s tickle tells all Upon a breeze where whistling Comes from the beak of babes Some of us are...
by Nate Long | May 30, 2018 | Illustration, Journey Work
Musings at Lunch : Gold tea steamsIn a child’s ceramic cup A jazz tune hoversJust beneathThe mutterings and mumblingsOf businessmenSitting in the corner booth Blowing then sippingWith eyes focused on the leavesThat have settled to the bottom Listening and...
by Nate Long | May 17, 2018 | Illustration, Journey Work
A Thousand-Fold Cross-Roads : There’s an important point You stand on in the road. A place where you will one day Remember with pivotal importance. It is a thousand-fold cross-roads. Some paths look harder than others. Some look prettier and more inviting. But...
by Nate Long | Apr 27, 2018 | Illustration, Journey Work
Ancestors : There are times when we feel them walking beside us Or behind us. Or standing in the shadows. Then there are times when we become them. This is my journey –Nate Long “Owl” Ink with digital...
by Nate Long | Apr 19, 2018 | Illustration, Journey Work, Made-Art
Red Bear : When my boundaries feel particularly thinRed Bear comes to protect meAnd so no one can get close enough to touch meAnd no one can hurt me. At these times I am alone within my own universe,Without family… without lovers… without love. Red Bear is protecting...