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...
by Nate Long | Feb 24, 2017 | Journey Work, Labyrinth
at Muleshoe Bend Recreation Area park Chief’s Labyrinth was created at Muleshoe Recreation Area LCRA Park near Spicewood Springs on February 19th, 2017 by members of the Austin Shamanic Community, The Austin Labyrinth Project and Blue Eye Art. As part of the...
by Nate Long | Feb 24, 2017 | Journey Work, Labyrinth, Photography
Visit this Google Photo Album to see all the photos from this great event! How to find Chief’s Labyrinth The clearing is smudged with sage, around in a clock-wise direction, then to the center.Four crystals are given intention and buried at East, South,...
by Nate Long | Feb 23, 2017 | Illustration, Journey Work
Rebalancing through Recognition : A rebalancing occurred last night within myself. There was a sense that the opposites in this worldneed to recognize each other…And slowly I think they are. Which side are you on?The big side or the small sideThe dark side or...
by Nate Long | Feb 16, 2017 | Journey Work, Labyrinth
I walk with careful steps, with hurried steps, with stumbling steps. Trying to keep my focus on not straying outside the stones that line the path. My head is lowered in concentration… until I lose my concentration. Sometimes I look up to the sun to recalibrate...