...dear beautiful people in my life... you all mean so much to me, you cannot know.
...this year I thought I had nothing to share (art or poem or video), but, then, Shadow Cave is about reaching into the darkness in ourselves and bringing what is hidden in us to light, which is sort of like the return of the sun in the darkest moment.
It's a small offering, and perhaps too long to watch. Don't worry if you don't, I don't mind and I'll still love you. I did subtitle it, so click on the cc if you'd like to read along, or translate into another language.
direct link: Shadow Cave
It's based on a real ritual I did in 1995 and wrote an extensive entry in my journal about. I re-wrote the ritual as a sort of modern fairy tale. It's about integrating ourselves at our deepest levels, however we image that. Sometimes what is in our shadows is not anything 'sinful' at all! It's only what we've repressed in ourselves... which could be our recognizing how luminescent we really are!
Shadows and dopple gangers appear in this videopoem, as ever. :) Please forgive. (I just can't help being multiple, ya know!)
I offer it to the light within us.
On this Solstice, Festival of the Lights, and for the auspicious coming year, many blessings to you, wishes for good health, prosperity, good fortune in work, relationships, family, and the success of all your creative endeavours,
love, Brenda
"Shadow Cave" does have a ritualistic feel to it. I enjoyed that.
ReplyDeleteHappy Solstice. Here comes the Sun! ;-)
Thank you, A.Decker... yes, I agree with you. It was initially a ritual (private and alone, I did it from a book) that I did way back, '95, and had written many pages on in my journal. It was rewritten for the video.
ReplyDeleteHope you had a great holiday season and wishing you a beautiful New Year!