Rob Ayling writes: It just felt right to include a daily poem from Thom on our Gonzo blog and when I approached him to do so, he replied with in seconds!!! Thom is a great talent and just wants to spread poetry, light and positive energy across the globe. If we at Gonzo can help him do that - why not?"
ART AS DEVOTION (Devotional Art)
WORSHIP MOUNTAINS,RIVERS,LAKES
or this only earth you stand upon/waters
you came from and carry
We are all Aquarians in this!Bow down
before powers of storm and sand
between wall and wars/water still
flows.Tides and moon elope.
Sun empowers solar cells on our skin.we
breathe oxygen.
Origin stories sing to us through flutes
and wind instrumenst
Pipers.Zen flutes.Indigenous
tones,shapes,forms return.
when called,all birds return to nest and
rest.Leaves from naked trees clothe all grasses.
Sleep through this.Seasons on slippered
feet change the temperature.
Comfort in the Spring/cooler for your white
winter.Autumn in between
Summer a scorcher.We grow lines on skin
between us.
We draw lines between us.Between these
lines we live-front lines
call us to give.Connection is all.Seasons
deep call.Hear?Wildernests.
What a lovely idea, art as a form of
"active prayer" – altogether beautiful read about the "solemn pleasure" of
creative work:
“Immerse yourself in the common ground
of the universe so that your true voice — not the egoistic voice that clamors
vainly for power (for it will ruin you if you listen…
brainpickings.org|By Maria
Popova
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