Have you ever felt in that moment upon waking from a dream, that you were aware of some clear message that surfaced along with you. It is as if the time was right for you to hear something, that was once kept under lock and key deep inside you.
I live near the southern tip of California, and it can be hot at least 4 months out of the year. I live in a chaparral, low-line forest, at the bottom of a mountain in a small canyon verging on grassland that was once prairie land. The trees here reflect the dry climate, growing mostly underground with large tap roots in order to find the resources of water available deep in the ground below. One of the most beloved chaparral trees in these forests is the Manzanita tree; it’s fire red bark is smooth, and the lime green leaves turn on edge as they follow the sun. The seed’s of the Manzanita crack open and germinate only when there is a great force of heat, like fire or lightening strikes. Many of the plants in this magical environment are on a burn cycle of between 25 – 100 years. After a fire, these beautiful plants, trees, and flowers rise up out of the ashes and display themselves fully, like out of a ‘seemingly’ long sleep…
The picture above is a drawing – Graphite on Board and is from my series of Art titled “Creating out of boxes” and it is called “Out of the dream”
