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Charcoal and pastel on mylar in vintage frame.
Written in about two hours, after waking with a head full of words. Please forgive the rawness, and the serious tone of this piece. The butterfly should teach lightheartedness and joy, and it did. The powerful and ethereal experience of the butterfly encounter two weeks ago in Ireland only took a moment, but changed my outlook on everything. So, I think it deserves a bit of weight in the telling.
Feileacan na Péacóige
On Finding an Irish Peacock Butterfly on Croagh Patrick
(for Steve)
A fourth journey to Erin
My love as guide
Threading the needle of existence
Grace found
On Maigh Eo's ancient sacred mountain of Celt and Christian
Rough stone path of pilgrim hardship
Nature turning tides at our feet
Stark splendor
Set soul and spirit free
Sun
Moon
Fire
Lightening
Wind
Sea
Earth
Rock
On ascent in the mystical place
Overhead, a breathtaking
Breathing
Scarlet - violet rainbow
Seasons of impending joy announced by
Frail and fragile fairy dust wings
Psyche
Begging a dance
She pauses to drive the thought home
Perfectly still
Beauty
Sits for a time
Why?
To meditate on sun warmed rock -
The creature's only embrace?
Or simply trusting
Accepting in faith
The spirit capture
On descent
Changed
As travel inevitably will
Filled up and overflowing
To contemplate
Our dream awake muse
Celebration of coming home
Unknowing
New life unfurling
We pause to warm ourselves
In a lover's embrace
On stone
In brilliant sun
Breaking through cloud
(c) Alice McMahon White 2008
Written in about two hours, after waking with a head full of words. Please forgive the rawness, and the serious tone of this piece. The butterfly should teach lightheartedness and joy, and it did. The powerful and ethereal experience of the butterfly encounter two weeks ago in Ireland only took a moment, but changed my outlook on everything. So, I think it deserves a bit of weight in the telling.
Feileacan na Péacóige
On Finding an Irish Peacock Butterfly on Croagh Patrick
(for Steve)
A fourth journey to Erin
My love as guide
Threading the needle of existence
Grace found
On Maigh Eo's ancient sacred mountain of Celt and Christian
Rough stone path of pilgrim hardship
Nature turning tides at our feet
Stark splendor
Set soul and spirit free
Sun
Moon
Fire
Lightening
Wind
Sea
Earth
Rock
On ascent in the mystical place
Overhead, a breathtaking
Breathing
Scarlet - violet rainbow
Seasons of impending joy announced by
Frail and fragile fairy dust wings
Psyche
Begging a dance
She pauses to drive the thought home
Perfectly still
Beauty
Sits for a time
Why?
To meditate on sun warmed rock -
The creature's only embrace?
Or simply trusting
Accepting in faith
The spirit capture
On descent
Changed
As travel inevitably will
Filled up and overflowing
To contemplate
Our dream awake muse
Celebration of coming home
Unknowing
New life unfurling
We pause to warm ourselves
In a lover's embrace
On stone
In brilliant sun
Breaking through cloud
(c) Alice McMahon White 2008
Image size
1900x2230px 679.39 KB
Make
KONICA MINOLTA
Model
DiMAGE Z5
Shutter Speed
1/40 second
Aperture
F/2.8
Focal Length
6 mm
ISO Speed
160
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