watercolor 8/2021
She lost herself in the trees
among the ever-changing leaves.
She wept beneath the wild sky
as stars told stories of ancient times.
The flowers grew towards her light,
the river called her name at night.
She could not love an ordinary life
with the mysteries of the universe
hidden in her eyes.
……..Christy Ann Martine
watercolor 5/2020
Wakan Tanka, this night
I lift up voice and hands,
I ask for blessings for
those going through
tragic and hard times,
loss and lonliness, hardship
and pain. I pray for those
fourleggeds without a voice.
May they all feel your
Blessings.
….Crowwolf Douglas (Sunkmanifu Tanka)
watercolor 2/2020
O’ Great Spirit
help me always
to speak the truth quietly,
and to remember the peace
that may be found in silence.
……..Cherokee Prayer
watercolor 1/2020
‘Benevolent spirits surround us as silent sentinels. They watch. Holding the space for our awakening. Sending a nudge when we reach a crossroads horses help us find the trail…… The way back to our true selves.’
……… Kim McElroy
I cannot remember a time when I could not see the cosmic beauty within animals. Animals were my closest friends when I was a child and they still send me the gift of guidance. I feel truly blessed to have this experience and would welcome all to see the animals with knowing eyes of the heart. Be still and connect in the stillness. Then see what happens for you. Do this with all animals as often as possible. Then see what happens.
watercolor 2018
The shape of the dreamcatcher is a circle because it represents the circle of life and how forces like the sun and moon travel each day and night across the sky. The dreamcatcher web catches the bad dreams during the night.
The night air is filled with good and bad dreams. The legend of the dreamcatcher is that it captures the bad spirits and filters them in so protecting us from evil and letting through only the good dreams. It is believed that each carefully woven web will catch bad spirit dreams in the web and disappear by perishing with the first light of the morning sun.
watercolor 7/2019
‘Wash yourself of yourself
A white flower grows in the stillness’
…….rumi
watercolor 5/2017
So…does the unicorn exist now or ever? Perhaps whatever we can imagine with the mind does exist.
Long before the pearly white unicorn of European lore, a one-horned, magical animal was said to roam the Eastern world: the Asian unicorn. First mentioned in written stories around 2700 BC, this unicorn is described as a creature of great power and wisdom. Always benevolent, it avoids fighting at all costs and walks so softly it will not crush a blade of grass. And no one but the very pure of heart should ever see it.
original watercolor aceo 11/2016
‘You see a horse with your eyes…..but you feel a horse with your soul.’
watercolor aceo 2/2016
”Oh Great Spirit who made all races. Look kindly upon the whole human family and take away the arrogance and hatred which separates us from our brothers.”……cherokee prayer
watercolor aceo 1/2016
‘There can never be peace between nations until it is first known that true peace is within the souls of men.’ Oglala Sioux
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