For a brief few moments my mind emptied of endless chatter
and thoughts. I saw an empty space at
first and then out of the hollow came first a soft whistle and then just the
voice of the Goddess. It had to have been Brighid.
It is almost time to come out of
hibernation. Soon you will be feeling
the vibrational energy of the sun’s heat, as I warm the earth. Stay quiet and still for now but realize the
dormancy is about to end; new life, warmth and beautiful colors are waiting to
come to the fore, for today is Imbolc!
Gran Bwa is a lwa that helps you connect to ancestral roots or the spiritual home of Vodou. A friend of mine, who is an expert on Haitian Vodou, who has spent a lot of time in Haiti with the artists there, told me I had painted Gran Bwa when I made this spontaneous work out of walnut ink and sumi-ink on handmade paper. I had considered this painting a self-portrait. She now holds this piece in her private collection: Quite a few people are afraid of Vodou but it is an awe-inspiring tradition of bringing together plant energy with divinity, spiritual and personal energy. My friend who is very involved with Vodou, especially the art that surrounds it, is from European ancestry. She is light in spirit and bubbly, with a close relationship to nature and her garden. Vodou affirms the relationships between cycles of life, trees of knowledge and spirit. The Vodou vision of lwa , understands them as the intelligence of energy present in humans, nature and thoughts. ...
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