praire singer

watercolor 8 x 10 4/2021

Advice from a River

Go with the flow

Immerse yourself in nature

Slow Down and meander

Go around obstacles

       ……….Jlan Shamir

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call to the blood moon

watercolor 9/2020

All things share the same breath – the beast, the tree, the man. The air shares its spirit with all the life it supports.
……….Chief Seattle

Coyotes have many voices just like the raven. Coyotes howl, bark and make a yipping sound. When I lived on the mountain I interacted in some way with the coyotes on a daily basis. Often they would come quite close and they liked to follow me. I kept an eye to my dogs and assumed that they were just curious. They are indeed curious and tricksters just like the ravens. 

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paix sur terre

watercolor 2.5 x 3.5 12/2019

Do not follow a painful thought. You will become ensnarled in suffering. Let it go. Breathe. No matter stay on that path.

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wounded healer

watercolor 9/2019

The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.

…….  elizabeth kubbler ross

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sensei

watercolor 10/2018

O’ Great Spirit

help me always

to speak the truth quietly,

to listen with an open mind

when others speak

and to remember the peace

that may be found in silence.

………Cherokee Prayer

 

I love coyotes. Perhaps it is their inquisitiveness most of all that I adore. I walk with my dogs every day in the Guadalupe Oak Grove wildlife preserve. My day is perfect when I have a coyote sighting and especially perfect when they follow me on the walk. These coyotes are quite small compared to the Mountain coyotes, but coyotes they are indeed. Makes me feel like I am running with wolves. Being with wild animals invokes the Cherokee prayer above. The wild things teach me stillness They take me to the depths inside myself where stillness abides. I am rejuvenated with great love. So, you see, coyote is truly my sensei, my teacher when we gaze into each other’s eyes.

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shiriki

watercolor 2/2017

‘Walk as if you are kissing the earth with your feet.’ 

…………..Thich Nhat Hanh

ojo de dios

watercolor aceo 3/2016

 

‘May the long time sun shine upon you,

All love surround you,

And pure light within you…

Guide your way.’

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dancing moccasins

watercolor aceo 1/2016

We had our first big snow this year. About 7 am I looked out my kitchen window and I saw a lone coyote walking about my property. She was a beauty….full coat and a bit of meat on her bones….ravishing. She looked over her shoulder at me. I don’t believe that she could actually see me but I love these connections.

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curandero

watercolor aceo 10/2015

‘There is the world of the flesh, and there is the spirit world. When the flesh is gone, the spirit forever remains. Their voices speak to those who know how to listen. Wisdom is born in the heart, and then spoken.’  wolf clan song

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starshine

watercolor aceo 10/2015

‘She is clothed in strength and dignity, and she laughs without fear of the future.’

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