to marci of trees and relations

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Dear marci ~ I loved hearing about your love of trees. I have had a similar

love that is life long. The most recent artwork that I did was to take

different kinds of tree bark (naturally shed or taken from limbs that had fallen

off ... never took bark off of any trees) and combine them with painted imagery,

photos, tiny painted babies, oh ... many things. You could not really call

them collages. I call them mixed media because they are nearly three

dimensional. At some point, as the bark and the painting and whatever I am

adding

comes together, I place it all on a natural or painted piece of pine. That is

so

it can hang vertically, just like any drawing or painting or photo.

 

And speaking of photos, the photo of the ta pohn tree was magnificent. How I

would love to see one close up. Every aspect of nature is full of beauty ~

the sinuous lines, the magnificent shapes, the gorgeous ... sometimes

brilliant, sometimes barely a whisper ... color ... everything. I always keep a

simple

milkweed branch with several empty pods where I can see it during the day.

It speaks to me of birthing, of transforming, of changing or dissolving, only

to be born again. And the soft white milky stuffing, when it breaks apart and

each little wing dancing seed goes drifting off ... brings tears to my

eyes...

Jai Ma in " all my relations " ~ Linda

 

 

marci wrote:

 

here is something you might enjoy taking a look at. . .i

love trees. . .and do not mind being seen as a tree-hugger. . . .i have

never

protested to keep a tree alive. . .but have taken bark sample to the local

 

paint store and got a match so those big red X's can be painted over. .

..have

kept " Grandmother " tree where i like to say prayers to the four-directions,

alive for over fifteen years. . figured out one group of people from

some

city park and recreation department puts the X's on the trees and then

another group comes and cuts the trees down. . .guess it is one of those--

the left

hand does not know what the right hand is doing. . .but am happy for

Grandmother tree is well loved by many that walk in the park next to where

i live.

.. .She emits lots of sacredness, she is really old and so many people just

go

and sit underneath her.. . .i will post another tree story. . . .Oops!. .

..just realized i was going to share with you a picture of the ta pohn

trees. .

..but i got distracted with other tree stories. . .sorry!. . .

 

came across a picture of the ta pohn trees in Cambodia about a year ago. .

..and for me the picture reminds me of Amma at a symbolic tree level. . .i

will post a link. . .but if it does not work can google images for ta prom

templein Cambodia. . . .

 

this is a bit of history of ta prom. . .

 

 

(ta prom temple....it was deserted for 500 years and became completely

overgrown by the jungle....much of the growth has been cleared away, but

some

magnificent trees remain. it was actually nature that preserved the temple

from

destruction for all of those years it was abandoned. in the research i

discovered that in 1186 AD king #7 (kings are referred to in numbers!)

consecrated

several statues here, one of which was that of Prajnaparamita - the

personification of the perfection of wisdom....the Mother of all buddhas)

_http://www.asiaphotos.net/photo.php?id=361_

(http://www.asiaphotos.net/photo.php?id=361)

Linda hope this link works. . ..

Thanks for your kind words about typing from the Matruvani. . .i am not

typing the stories out. . .but am taking the short-cut. . .of copy and

paste. . .

Aum Amriteswaryai Namaha

 

 

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