by Nate Long | Mar 1, 2016 | Illustration, Journey Work
Cottonwood : A wind blows through me,Through my many fingers that sway and click against one another.A warmth from high above and to the East energizes me,Trickling downward from my fingertips to my deep, deep toes.From the East I am also illuminated, so my shadow is...
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 15, 2016 | Journey Work, Photography
Bee Tree : –from 2016 Valentines Adventure at Muleshoe I believe this to be an American Elm tree. She is a very large and old tree. There are many small mesquite trees around her, looking almost like servants to this great Sister. When I approached her, I hear a...
by Nate Long | Feb 15, 2016 | Journey Work, Photography
Grove of Five Elder Oaks : — from 2016 Valentines Adventure at Muleshoe I set up camp off of a tucked away dirt road which is the entrance to a hiking trail. On either side of this trail are very large, old Live Oak trees. They must be hundreds of years old....
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...
