Jagged Lotus Art : The Unenlightened Tango

The Unenlightened Tango

"Enlightened Earth"
16" x 20" acrylic on canvas

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The unenlightened tango
of people, places and things
remain floating
in a sea of self-sabotage
to keep the wheels of
this man-made construct turning

Yet as the Earth
awakens,
She shows us
just how paper-thin
our realities
have been.

"Hey! Learn to hear my feeble voice. At the center of the sacred hoop You have said that I should make the tree to bloom.

With rears running, O great spirit, my Grandfather, with running eyes I must say the tree has never bloomed.

Here I stand, and the tree is withered. Again, I recall the great vision you gave me.

It may be that some little root of the sacred tree still lives.

Nourish it then that it may leaf, and bloom, and fill with singing birds!

Hear me, that the people may once again

find the good read

and the shielding tree."

- Black Elk