by Nate Long | Jan 8, 2021 | Illustration, Journey Work
Fate : Walking through woods on rough trails Muddy, rocky, dangerous. In the trees they watch and make sure I am safe. Some are tall, dark and horned Intimidating me to be mindful and keep straight. Some are feathered orbs of light Gentle and even playful to soften my...
by Nate Long | Dec 31, 2020 | Illustration, Journey Work
All Things Transition : From the largeness of it all There is a turning and decomposing, A collapsing back to the beginning. Here, a leaf turns golden with the cold And falls in silence down to the earth As if settling in for a restful night Or for the final breath of...
by Nate Long | Dec 21, 2020 | Journey Work, Photography
Casting the Longest Shadows : Here is a blessing for a new light coming to this world Casting the longest shadows With mouths open wide in a year-ending yawn. Here comes the wool and the flannel That beckons for rest Within a chilly world where Mother Bear in her...
by Nate Long | Dec 9, 2020 | Illustration, Journey Work
Eyes : Laying within darkness, hearing the drums and songs Echoing off of unseen walls that surround Then blackness slowly turns into gray A pattern emerges etched upon the stone A thousand eyes are looking down Paralyzing and terrorizing Judgements and paranoia How...
by Nate Long | Nov 30, 2020 | Illustration, Journey Work
Interdependence : We are all more than related… we are also each a necessary gear in the machine that is the universe. Our connections to all things goes beyond a simple attachment, but to an interdependence with all things. To multiply our individual importance...
by Nate Long | Nov 17, 2020 | Illustration, Journey Work
Steps of Silver : Steps of silver between toes in the sand Between the pathway borders Where Jay sometimes nests Or where Wolf sometimes waits Steps of the ancestors set into stone Leading back and back and back Into the hidden caves of youth With Bats that hang like...
