The dragon is in the streets dancing…
Post #292
January 24, 2020
The dragon is in the street dancing beneath windows
pasted with colored squares, past the man
who leans into the phone booth’s red pagoda, past
crates of doves and roosters veiled
until dawn.
–Lynda Hull (1954–94)
Happy Chinese New Year
January 24, 2020
…I stand as a witness where I observe some special women who show details of their lives in a unique slice of time and place. Each woman has a connection with a divine presence, and each has some aspect of the fiber arts at the center of her story. The women’s stories were passed down from antiquity via oral tradition and writings by historians. The texts from different cultures at various time periods give us insight and inspiration for living a meaningful life in our own time and place. The women in the writings add valuable information that will enlighten or help contemporary people to understand timeless universal truths. The imprint of the past cannot be erased. It won’t disappear, but remains with us through the generations…
Excerpt from my essay,
“The Dragon’s Healing Breastplate”
(p.187).
Walking by Inner Vision: Stories & Poems
DLD Books, 2017
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