Gratitude Painting ~ Spring 2012

I feel it every year, 

an amazing stirring of energy and delight,

a fern-curled restlessness and awe 

waiting for the channel of intention to open

as the flowering trees offer their petal kisses to Mother's flesh.

It seems the seasons shift in my very cells

Warming, wanting, waiting, urging

until I make space to participate 

in the reverence manifesting all around.

 

So, I listen

and with the past New Moon

I began this painting to release and expand upon 

the immense gratitude I feel with the presence of Springtime.

Gratitude

for the sorrows of living, for the pleasures

for the mystery of the gifts & roles bestowed upon me

for the roots of change and pain, 

and the lovelight of resilience in my family

everywhere.

Gratitude

for the unfolding seeds of parallel abundance

allowed to emerge, stretch, 

catch flight, and flutterby dance 

with grace and joy to wind waves

and Mother's slow-soft tick-tock

until landing in perfect form

for the shifts of soil, sun and rain

to unleash the divine within.

And this is what came forth.

This is what I feel.

~ hali

The music used in this video is an original song 

by a couple of friends of ours who live in Knoxville, TN - Laura Bost and James Maples. 

When the song was recorded, they were in a band called Centralia Massacre, 

and now you can hear them perform their music-art as The Great Great Pines.

Click on either of those links to hear and learn more. It's good stuff.