Re: my trip

07-26-2001, 01:36 PM

Linda

))) How was your trip???? I was gone when you came back, and I was wondering?
Hi Lynette :::waving::: thanks for asking... The trip was wonderful.
Doug and I took off in our rv with our two dogs, and we didn't come
back for seven glorious weeks. We had several purposes. One was to
vacation, relax, release, have fun traveling through (mostly) the
southwest. I had not been there in over twelve years, and my spirit
was saying, "return, return..." The other was to look for a new place
to call home. Two years ago I left the mayhem of Washington, DC, and
came to eastern Oregon at the behest of my spiritual guides. I came
to heal, to create a closer connection to the "land" and nature, to
do my creative work, and to continue my visionary work. This was a
wonderful place to do that. On the other hand, once being well into
the process, and longing to share my work again, there is not much
happening culturally here.
So we were looking for a sense of spirit in the land, a community of
artists, hopefully a university or college, some hint of a spiritual
community, a temporate climate, and a small town atmosphere (no more
big cities for me). Not too big a wish list. : ) Also, I wanted to
see and spend time with Shree Maa and Swami Saraswati, but we only
were able to attend their fire yagya in Colorado. (So after we got
back, we turned around and left again, to go to Issaqua, WA, for a
retreat with them. That was also very very wonderful.) I had many
unplanned for treats, one of which was finding out about a petroglyph
site I had never heard of. It was my first encounter with this ancient
art, and I was awestruck as we clambored around on the rocks, looking
at simple elegant spirals, animals, shamanic figures, and "family
portraits" (not sure what else to call these as they were usually
four or more people, two large and the rest small). I also had the
great fortune to see a show, which featured Judy Chicago's latest
(massive, years long) project. What a delight!
We found our place, in Silver City, NM, which is equi-distant between
Tucson and Los Cruces. It doesn't have the typical NM appearance
because it is a high elevation (southern NM), in the high pines and
pinon. It is beautiful, bordering on both the Black Range (national
forest) and the Gila National Forest. Silver City is a moderate sized
town, definitely not a city, and there are more than 50 galleries! The
artists we met were all wonderful, there is a sense of community and
cooperation, even though there is tremendous diversity of medium,
style, and range of experience. Anyway, now we are packing. My
daughter, Amy, is coming to stay with us for 3 weeks. I can't wait!.
Then we will head to the southwest in mid September. Spirit calls!
Shanti ~ Linda Rae

07-27-2001, 02:35 AM

My daughter, Amy, is coming to stay with us for 3 weeks. I can't
wait!. Then we will head to the southwest in mid September. Spirit
calls! Shanti ~ Linda Rae
sounds like a wonderful trip.

Thank you for sharing.

~~~~~With Delight~~~~~
~~Upon the Waves of Life ~~
~~~~~Yours Truly~~~~~~
~~~~~~Lynette~~~~~~~