Priestess, (Entering the Stillness). 17×14 in. 43×46 cm. Acrylic on paper.
Painting and Haiku by Clinock
Xochi Quetzal Artist and Writer’s Residency. Chapala, Jalisco, Mexico.
October 2019.
Accept mysteries
Open the stillness inside
Be one with your dreams
not you again
moving too close
performing the old sashay
against my thighs?
tut tut my dear,
the king is getting
what he always wanted
and will sleep soon
inevitable and always
I’m compared
to his lovers:
“which one is she?”
will you never understand?
you are of my world,
Priestess of my people
and my sanctuary
SPEN mited. 16 x 12″. Acrylic and mixed media on panel.
painting and poem by clinock.
She has been with me for a very long time, winged animal woman, keeper of the sacred heart, protector of the veil, moonlight jungle hunter, card reader and fire dancer
Her mystery lingers in the air…lilacs, burning leaves, holy copal, sun touched skin, ocean salt on the tongue
This image is a single breath in her eternity, caught and released. The next breath and the next she is not this at all, or this,
or this, or this
I can never know her, and yet, she is all my life.
Gypsy Priestess. 18×14. Acrylic on paper on panel. By clinock
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