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10/29/2023

Inspirational writing

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Dear Friend,
 
We share with you here some moving art and writing from the 6-week virtual fall gathering of the nature-inspired writing program, Remembering Our Place in the Sacred Circle of Life. Participants came together from New York, Georgia, Colorado, Oregon, and California. 

Of the many gifts from these gatherings, what seemed to surface time and again was the realization that time spent in the natural world was good for us! These quiet precious moments with trees, parks, moss, boulders, spiders, and much more, often revealed important messages, creative inspiration, and healing.  

Enjoy the inspired art and writings.

From my heart to yours, 
Christina Burress
Board Member, OMEC      ​

Picture
When I discovered that the artist who created those beautiful patterns on the maple leaves was a tar fungus, I tried speaking with it. Here is what Tar Fungus told me:

Your enlargements bring people face to face with the Fungal Presence. We are here and should no longer be ignored. The more you know about us, the greater your chances of survival. We have ready technology to solve many of humankind’s difficulties. If scientists will work directly and collaboratively with us, giving us intention and purpose while engaging their human will, we can get to work quickly to avoid catastrophe.

There is so much in this short passage that speaks to the potential of interspecies collaboration. As humans, our gifts are free will and the ability to hold a vision. If only we could learn to give intention and purpose to our Nature Elders!
 
P.C.Turczyn "The Fungal Presence," 2'H x 3'W, Gouache, printing ink and composition gold leaf on Japanese mulberry paper, 2023
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All Are Welcome 
by Linda S.                            
 
The morning ritual begins 
As I fill the empty bird feeder once again,
Saying hello to the herbs still growing in a nearby container.
The sunflowers already smiling with their faces lifted to the light.
I make sure to cast handfuls of sunflower seeds for grey squirrel
Who will come down from the oak tree as soon as the coast is clear.
And from my kitchen window, I watch the magic unfold
As these nature beings come to the table I have prepared for them
A gift of gratitude for their presence
As they remind me that life is an ongoing banquet
And all are welcome.

Togethering: We are... 
by Stuart Garber
 
Breath of Life 
singing through me, 
I tune my Self to You. 
 
Heart, lungs billowing 
with the fullness 
that You bring. 
 
Being with You in this way,  
there is no place You are not. 
 
I see and feel You everywhere. 
  
The boundary between 
what’s inside me… “here”… 
and all else that's here with me              
softens and blurs 
as I breathe this breath with You. 
 
We are the breeze. 
We are the ocean’s flow. 
We are the warmth of sunlight. 
We are the nourishing earth. 
 
Togethering. ​

As Humans, We Listen
by Victoria Derr Valencia
 
If fire could speak 
It would tell us stories of strength 
Of communities created
Hearts gathered
Prayers petitioned 
Worries burned away 
 
If water could speak
It would be light laughter
Like the gentle caress of a river's bend 
Sometimes a roar 
Like the ocean at high tide against a cliff side 
 
If air could speak
It would do so in a low whisper 
Telling us stories traveled far
Across landscape carved by time
 
If earth could speak
It would tell stories of our ancestors
The ones whose bodies 
Returned to the central heartbeat
 
As humans, we listen
For the sacred wisdom found
In the multiple expressions of
Our elemental kin
In the multiple expressions of 
Our own divine radiance within
Picture
“Whirling” paper collage by Victoria Derr Valencia

Old Man Acorn’s Tale 
by Jennifer Templeton
 
Whispered wind,
Weaves his tale
Laughing dappled light.
 
Here I breathe.
Held, seen, & heard
 
Familiar his story
& song of the bird
Lulled in comfort
My cosmic hammock
I sway
 
Deeply rooted
ancestor
long standing bold
Though so quiet
His story always told.
 
Voices in chorus,
loud in my bones,
chanting unseen
This Earth is not my home.
 
My veins starry paths,
A muscled underwater galaxy,
Neural brilliant sparks
Brightening the mystery
 
Low chuckle ripples,
Radiant gurgle of sap…
Know the me sister,
you’ve always seen.
& I sing the you.
you’ve always been.
 
Few find truth
That we are,
and will be again.
 
Celebrate this
That you know.
Smile your seeds
to and fro.
 
Trust the truth
Others traverse
Mostly blind
Walk your path
Of no other kind
 
Listen deeply now my dear.
Shine without worry
& I will always sing.
My tale never ends,
& Acorn always grows
to sway new friends.
Picture
by Jennifer Templeton

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