Jagged Lotus Art : The Wisdom of Motion

The Dance of Life
11" x 14" mixed media on canvas

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Joy can arise in life

even when plagued with pain

by finding beauty

in moments that are

silently perfect

For there is an arresting quality

about living openly

so that your ills never fully

penetrate your inner calm

Then troubles slide

away in Meditation,

the realization dawns that

You are made entirely of Light

And in the Dance

of Hidden Truths,

you find that all paths

reconcile in Love.

"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