TREE PEOPLE

the human being 

locked within the bark of tree

grounded and stretching

bare plywood makes up the inside of the double doors to our outside shed...observing closely outlines of robed figures, dark brown heads, flowing robes, outstretched arms touching each other at the fingertips, all surrounded by layered rings...these are tree people living inside the wooden panels of the doors...similarly in the image below, there is a tree person stretching, yearning, reaching for the sky while simultaneously planted/grounded in Mother earth.

being grounded in the earth and simultaneously stretching for the sky is a dynamic tension  within us, the urge for rootedness, for home and family, and also the urge to grow, to reach beyond to something greater...

i like to imagine i am tree, grounded, standing barefoot on the earth while facing the rising sunrise, letting my arms and hands, like branches, reach toward the sun in a symbolic gesture: oh great sun, fill us with your love and light, oh great Mother earth, keep us grounded in your love...thank you, thank you, thank you.