Emerging

From time to time, images come dancing out of the ether, and these two fall into the category of emanations from the threshold or liminal realms, pure and simple. I admit cheerfully that the image of organic woman, female pilgrim, woman on a journey or "tree woman" is one which is powerful and appeals to me, tree lover that I am. My two tree women have probably been percolating in my dusty cranium for years,

We put our roots down and branches up. We forge a blood and bone deep connection with the earth and turn our faces to the celestial realm above, to the sun and the moon and the stars from which we came so long ago. We travel along together in wonder and hope and curiosity and (if we are fortunate), creativity and passion and love for the great wide world all around us.

If there is a metaphor or leitmotif for my life this time around, then this has to be it. The question now is: what shall I do with her, or rather them?