Entering the Void with the Eyes Open

If you look around, you can find a face of God in each thing, because He is not hidden in a church, in a mosque, or a synagogue, but everywhere. As there is no one who lives after seeing him, there is also no one dying after seeing Him. Who finds Him stays forever with Him.

–Shams Tabrizi

Rose Hips and Dragonfly (August 29, 2012, 5:34 pm, Anchorage, AK)

This is the final drawing of this series, still in progress. As I drew the rose hips on the front hedge, a dragonfly landed smack on the drawing. I had already photographed a dragonfly that landed on our mailbox earlier, so I used the photo as a guide to bring Dragonfly into the drawing. It felt so right to have him in it! Perfect! The perfect ending for this series. Dragonfly has always been a sign to me that the ancestors are near.

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