Universal Love

Three original paintings on the theme of
Universal Love: Embracing The Divine In All

Caritas Abundat

Inspired by Hildegard von Bingen's chant of the same title,

as sung by Norma Gentile:

Caritas Abundat

Loving tenderness abounds for all
from the darkest
to the most eminent one beyond the stars,

Exquisitely loving all
she bequeaths the kiss of peace
upon the ultimate King.

Reflection

Inspired by the following poem, which came to me

in a meditation during my own recent "seclusion" as a Christian mystic:

Infinite beauty is at our feet, if we will walk in it.  We walk into the infinite beauty by walking on water--by walking so gently that all we leave is a subtle ripple on the surface of the still, clean pool, as we move across, slowly and surely.

We dance together on the surface of the water.  He draws me strongly into His arms.  He draws me up, spinning blissfully--He has made me His.  And in the whirling of the dance, I can no longer tell who is he, who am I, or who is God.

Treasure of the Heart

Inspired by a love song that came to me, slowly, over the course of several months  of painfully slow driving on I-55 during construction.  The imagery in the song comes from various shamanic journeys I experienced over the past year while trying to straighten out my own relationships.  The lover mentioned, though at first I had him confused with a man I know, is actually the Light that exists inside me--and has always been there.  It is within you, too, and is worth protecting at all cost.

dragon slayer pirate queen

Alone, in the desert, as the wind blew through my hair

I saw you at a distance, an answer to my prayer

At a distance, oh, so far away

And I saw you in a field as a statue of gray stone

Unmoving, unblinking, and very much, very much alone

Waiting for the breath of life

And the stars collide in the galaxies

And the universe, it shifts before my eyes

And in my heart, white light tells the story of the Dragon Slayer

and the Pirate Queen

I fell overboard, I was drowning in the sea

And amazed, I watched as you dove into the ocean after me

And in a blink the world was changed

And then you stood before me, and pulled me off my throne

And you carried me to the forest, threw me down to the ground, made me your own

And in a blink the world was changed

And the stars collide in the galaxies

And the universe, it shifts before my eyes

And in my heart, white light tells the story of the Dragon Slayer

and the Pirate Queen

I've seen your face now and I'll never be the same

I know who you are now and I'll come to you when the wind calls out my name

And we can never be apart

For the stars have collided in the galaxies

And the universe has turned itself around

Now the bards will sing the story of the Dragon Slayer

and the Pirate Queen

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