Sketching and other things

So I've been sketching more recently, trying out ideas on paper playing with words. I haven't had the time or space to paint very much. The family is still trying to find our school year rhythm. Girl Scouts is starting next monday and I'm still working on getting that together. Druid work has taken a lot of time too. Sketching is my way of stealing art time right now.

I've been writing poetry again, which is always a dangerous sort of entertainment.

Here's a little bit of what I've been working on, symbology that seems potent and full of portent at the moment.

Still lonely on the path,

Surrounded by love

And loving in return,

I find myself set apart

And I wonder is this what it is to be made sacred?

Pour me out upon the earth

For I am filled

And filled

And overfilled with the abundance of life

I must share it

Or dare to clog the holes in my net

Arteries clogged with gifts not given

Healing not healed

Love not shared

Pain not felt

Life is love and pain and death, rinse recycle repeat.

Yet,

Somehow infinitely new

Each butterfly flutter in my heart,

Each moment of connection

Each sanctified kiss

Gone in a moment. Forever, never to be repeated.

So yeah. That's where I'm at. More later.