by Nate Long | Feb 23, 2016 | Illustration, Journey Work
A Hunt : There is movement on the other side of a snow bank. It is the tip of an antler. The others with me quietly and effectively move away from me and take their positions. I move up next to a tree and “become” the tree as my way of staying unnoticed. I...
by Nate Long | Feb 17, 2016 | Illustration, Journey Work
Sister East : I stand on a hill and feel the winds blow from the four corners. There is a glow of yellow in front of me, a reddish tint to the sky to my right, behind me the sky is dark and to my left there is the look and feel of crispness after a snow storm. An...
by Nate Long | Feb 14, 2016 | Illustration, Journey Work
Mother’s Heart : The quick beating seems to go very deepBelow my feet, below the rich dark soilQuickly they pulse with circular words Maybe from the iron forges of evil dungeonsBut no… definitely not so dark and ominous as that Deeper still the drumbeat...
by Nate Long | Feb 10, 2016 | Illustration, Journey Work
Seven Journeys : This is my journey. — Nate Long “Owl”
by Nate Long | Feb 9, 2016 | Illustration, Journey Work
A Healing at the Lake : Through the trees below I glide down silently to the small circle of tipis. There are people singing as they move around a young boy lying upon the ground. I arrive as a healing Spirit, called by an elder Healer. I step into her body then move...
by Nate Long | Jan 18, 2016 | Illustration, Journey Work
Playing in the Wood : She has moved into the other roomWhile I was away playing in the Wood.She would not join me there.So I return to sit and watch the birds and the treesTo sit and remember and become happy with myself.She will not return, but another will come...