by Nate Long | Oct 11, 2016 | Journey Work, Made-Art
Gift on the Wind : Released from the tail of the great Winged-Oneas he flies on behind the pink-tinted cloud. Falling, you catch the updrafts,letting this greater hand – this Wind of Spirit -carry and lift and guide. You have become a gift,on way to meet that...
by Nate Long | Oct 5, 2016 | Journey Work, Photography
Inviting the Sun Up : Facing the East GateWords of invitation echo upon the beating drumAnd the clouds turn redWith a rainbow completing our Circle. Fish surface in the glassy lakeAs Osprey eyes his breakfastAnd a song is sung to welcome the sunInto this new and...
by Nate Long | Oct 3, 2016 | Journey Work, Photography
An Internal Altar : There is a place within each of usthat is a sacred place. It is a placeWhere we place the thingsThat are and continue to beMost precious to us This is where we go to prayWhether we are awareOr not Respect this place andTreat it with care and...
by Nate Long | Sep 27, 2016 | Illustration, Journey Work
“Come with Me” : Not a question and not a demandBut an invitation that cannot be refusedA gentle hand waiting to be takenThat leads into a once-feared place of dark No resistance withinAnd a willingness to give up and followWith a trust beyond wordsBeyond...
by Nate Long | Sep 26, 2016 | Illustration, Journey Work
I Am Water : (In support of Standing Rock and the global need for environmental awareness and balance) #NoDAPL I am wet and yet thirsty. Floating within an endless sea that is deep blue below and light blue in the expanse overhead. There are very few waves, just a...
by Nate Long | Sep 13, 2016 | Illustration, Journey Work
The Circle Lives : The Circle (Ceremony) we create is not a ‘symbol’ of us connecting with each other — it is actually a real, living, sacred entity that truly DOES connect us. This is my journey –Nate Long...