Ancestral Wisdom
Across the stones of time I speak to you
An ancient agreement
A silent pactPower and vision and wisdom
Stirs within your soul as you remember the inner voice
Resounding as an echo
Across the still pool of time.There is much to be done
To heal the wounds of the survivors
To seal the tombs of the warriors
And move on.
~ Kim McElroy
THE STORY BEHIND THE ART
This is a Soul Essence painting of a horse named Buck. Buck was in spirit when I was commissioned to paint him. When I meditated with Buck I asked him what his perception of his spirit is like. He showed me two colored ribbons or ropes - one royal blue and one red. They curved and flowed, sinuous and effortless. The blue seemed to represent emotional feeling and perception through a form of touch or sense, and the red seemed to represent action, fire, and energy. The red could move, pull, or carry. The blue could caress, weave, and connect.
I asked if there was an animal totem that Buck could show me - and I saw a tiger's paw - not the whole tiger but just the paw. My awareness was drawn to the mix of the extremely beautiful and soft hairs, surrounding the strong claws, the mix of tender and powerful, soft and sharp. At the end of the meditation - the word that came to me what the definition was... it was the word Discernment.
