by Nate Long | Mar 23, 2018 | Illustration, Journey Work
There Are Giants : There are giants living just below that grain of sand They do not hide They just exist outside of your focal point. This is my journey — Nate Long “Owl” Pen and ink with digital...
by Nate Long | Mar 13, 2018 | Illustration, Journey Work
The Removal : Somehow, at some point,Someone or somethingConvinced me to wear this thing. It is supposed to cover upThe inappropriate and the ugly. It’s time to take it off. Under this thing is… meAnd no matter what…I know I am not ugly. This is my...
by Nate Long | Feb 27, 2018 | Illustration, Journey Work
Heart Sanctuary : I travel down into my chest where a great door opens before me. And so I enter to find a color-lit room filled with orbs of light and stained glass windows and so much beauty. I’m not sure I come here enough. Looking closer, there is darkness...
by Nate Long | Feb 20, 2018 | Illustration, Journey Work
Caracara : The beauty of a gazeUpon what has been thrown awayUpon ideas that must change. Re-inventor of what isSeer of what is notA sharp focus to reexamineWhat we think we already know. This is my journey– Nate Long “Owl” Ink with digital...
by Nate Long | Feb 13, 2018 | Illustration, Journey Work
Badger Medicine : There is a hole dug deep below us,It seems to be still a work-in-progressAs dirt flies out into a foggy air. Badger is looking for healing rootsWith a particularly head-strong mission:Administer a quick cureTo this thing that makes us ill. We have...
by Nate Long | Jan 31, 2018 | Illustration, Journey Work
To Dance and Paint : I move to the rhythms … the drum beat… the rattleMy vision is softly focusedMy hands move smoothly and I imagine holding a brush So I begin to paint my world Rolling hills touching a light blue, clear skyA darker gray expanse of a white capped...
