by Nate Long | Nov 15, 2017 | Illustration, Journey Work
White Bear : A point between day and nightWhere the sun is always just below the horizonAnd colors from ice to sky merge in a blur. Upon a rise, White Bear keeps watchOver the silhouette of spirits walking below,Passing through this middle-ground . One figure seems to...
by Nate Long | Nov 6, 2017 | Illustration, Journey Work
Yesterday in Sutherland Springs, Texas a gunman opened fire in a First Baptist Church, killing 26, then himself. The following is written in response. I am giving no apology if this in any way offends because this question must be asked and it must be answered within...
by Nate Long | Oct 30, 2017 | Illustration, Journey Work
This Shade Upon Your Heels : Behind you something followsDragging itself at your feetSomething from just beyond the veilThat sways just beneath your vision. Are you afraid or are you fascinated?Your definition creates this creatureAllowing it to either sneer with...
by Nate Long | Oct 17, 2017 | Illustration, Journey Work
The Calm Spot : This morning I woke to the sound of a bird, with the sun rising outside my window and with a small wish to close my eyes again and sleep a few more minutes. Ten and twenty and thirty years ago, I woke the same way. Tomorrow and the next day and...
by Nate Long | Oct 5, 2017 | Illustration, Journey Work
Back to the Camp : I travel up and out and down into the camp site where I had been just five days ago. There is Osprey flying by and I send her my gratitude. There is a pink horizon to the East and I marvel at the beauty. There is my brother, Steve, swimming through...
by Nate Long | Oct 1, 2017 | Illustration, Journey Work
Bird of Prey : Bird of Prey There is anger and fear and sadnesslooking down upon the crowdfrom that window high above the stripor from much, much higher up. “They are too small to be human,” he thinks.”Their suffering is their own faultfor refusing...
