by Nate Long | Mar 22, 2017 | Illustration, Journey Work
World Water Day – Mother Water : In Honor of World Water Day 2017 This post originated as the product of my ongoing Made Prayers for the2015 Central Texas floods and fires from November 5, 2015. Mother Water A woman kneels by a small pool. In her...
by Nate Long | Mar 21, 2017 | Illustration, Journey Work
A New Spring : She dances in the morning breezeUpon the long grassesThat glisten wet between toes.She dances within her glowing skin,Welcoming in a Sun’s loving gaze.She dances around the new yellow flower.And again…She dances around the new yellow flower.And...
by Nate Long | Mar 13, 2017 | Illustration, Journey Work
Not Alone : Remember, if you will, a time when your eyes looked low.Do you feel the loneliness?Now remember how you were helped,By whomever or whatever was there to help you.They are still here, helping you.Do you feel the love? This is my journey. — Nate Long...
by Nate Long | Mar 10, 2017 | Illustration, Journey Work
Behind the Threads : (I am made of rhythm) I Journey with intentions of rhythm and I walk forward with the question of how rhythm exists within this world — and why it exists and how. I follow on the surface of water where the beating drum is causing waves...
by Nate Long | Mar 5, 2017 | Illustration, Journey Work
Your Own World : You live on your own world of grass and mud, of suns and moons, of tall trees and deep holes. You think you own this place, this world where you stomp and strut upon the magic with your mud-caked boots. You sit in your hole and are either oblivious...
by Nate Long | Mar 2, 2017 | Illustration, Journey Work
The Wheel I Ride Upon : I listen to the drums and find myself trying to hear something that wants to be heard, something that is sitting just between each strike of the mallet. I concentrate here and this then changes into the weaving of a basket, then a tapestry and...
