cycles and benefits; Spirit

My hand-stitched wings itch
to take flight
to test the winds of change
that inevitably blow
at the end
of a cycle
– B.G. Bowers, from Death and Life

The winds of change // personal. seasonal. facilitating flight. onward … Every change risks a crisis. Change as an ever-widening circle, a Divine orchestration cycling through again and again … and again.

Cycles of ritual // of doing and of being. lunar. risk. meaningful outcomes. Ritual is the path of receiving, noticing, abiding … honoring the process even when all you want to do disappear.

“I will believe there is Time.” Despite knowing it is a vital element of a cycle, I resist sleep when my body cycles through demands for so much of it; despite knowing sleep is also a means to the end for which I desire.

Our life is twofold: Sleep hath its own world,
A boundary between the things misnamed
Death and existence: Sleep hath its own world,
And a wide realm of wild reality
—Lord Byron, The Dream, VIII

Time is what prevents everything from happening at once. -John Archibald Wheeler

But if a man would be alone, let him look at the stars. The rays that come from those heavenly worlds, will separate between him and what he touches. -Emerson, Nature

And made him friends … with the stars ✩
And the quick Spirit of the Universe …

Art for Day 9

This gluebook page holds more meaning that any of the pages to date. Yesterday was a day so very different than one week ago, and this page reminds me.

The moon is waning, the leaves are floating away from their stems and the weather here will dramatically change within days. The winds of change have created magnificent sunsets …

And result in such clear night skies! The stars look amazing! ✩

She knew what she saw …

The foundations of man are not in matter, but in spirit. -Emerson, Nature

During the month of November I will be posting glimpses of my art every day …

I prepped a new gluebook for this month’s art. If you would like to see visual tutorials and read more about glue-booking, click here.

P.S. Use hashtag #tajgluebook on Instagram to connect with other women who use glue-booking as means of art journaling.

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