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Living Earth [
Paintings ]
Living Earth's self-taught work has been called intuitive, spirit driven,
visionary, mysterious and inspiring. She credits her experience with Tourette's
syndrome, autism, mental illness and nature - woven with spirituality,
metaphysics and ancestral memory - with the deep, ancient rhythms feeding
her creativity. Her work and touch are found to be healing by others.
Her self-published book of images and poetic writing will honor those
cast aside, misunderstood, hunted or homeless. Living Earth's work has
been displayed, published and collected widely.
Dark Miracle
I watch the crow
announce what happens
on pavement in the air
to the other birds clustered
in tribal splendor
beneath a blazing sun
I approach this dark miracle
slowly the crow retreats
I want black wings
to absorb the sun
fly to light in the velvet night
I soar upward
with the large, black bird
© 1989 Living Earth
Firefly
I discard the papered words
She writes of death the
exceptional child abortion
women's rituals of washing
and tears waiting for
moon and news for passing
on in story and womb
Her papered words dance in
my fiery brain author
honored by other by
association in quiet halls
filled with dark suits and soft
dresses my words elusive
as firefly hot as lava
spewn from fiery deep that
shakes, convulses so that
others run clutching their
children, food, fear while
saying WEIRD STRANGE
Her honored words lie quiet
on recycling pile my words
hard to catch so that
some sense is made for
other Inner voice recites
CAN'T KEEP UP
DON'T BLEND IN
the over and over of it
gathers fireflies into the
deep where they burn
and dance burn and
dance burn and dance
© 2002 Living Earth
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