RainbowHawk
The Four Shields of Remembrance
"The artist is always creating an image of the self. This image becomes a window for the viewer to see into the world and depending upon the vision of the artist, determines the depth of the potential experience for the viewer."
Other Painting Artists
The Corn Goddess
Depicting kernels of corn as gems shining with the
light of the sun help us to remember that all we
manifest in our sacredness can be our contribution to Life.
The peoples of the earth cultures held the corn as sacred,
recognizing it to hold the sacredness of life, and the symbol
of the sacred knowledge.
This is the shield of the East.
The Survivor
Emotion as powerful as a turbulent sea can be fuel to help
us travel with power to our destiny or it can shipwreck us
on the rocks of our conflicting world.
The choices we make to respond or react can carry us
safely to the shore as the survivor or to float amid the
wreckage wondering how to rebuild our craft.
This is the shield of the South.
The Eagle
The journey of life throughout time is depicted as the
wings of the Eagle, a long view of the steps we take
as humanity in our learning to walk as the human.
The Eagle calls us to remembrance of the opposites of
night and day, the moon and the sun, the old and the new,
as ways of seeing the potential of true balance within the light and the dark.
This is the shield of the North.
The Twentieth Century Mona Lisa
Walking the path of the spirit on the Mother Earth,
we awaken to our choice of walking in balance and
in respect to the ancient teachings, or to forget, and
leave behind that which our ancestors lived.
It is up to us, each of us, to find our way to care for ourselves,
each other and our Mother Planet in a way of respect.
This is the shield of the West.