Fire in the Eye
Fire in the Eye
Fire in the eye
Depth at the center
a Mandala for seeing,
a Mandala for living.
PhotoPoem ~ Akiba & Maryam
Maryam Mermey’s Healing Arts Blog
Artistry of Women's Healing Arts Circle - The Center for Wisdom's Women
Longing for the Nectar
Longing for the Nectar
Longing for the nectar
we dive deep
or
Is it the nectar's longing
to find us...
that can, with one drop,
Fuel the flight of a lifetime?
PhotoPoem by Akiba & Maryam
The Loon's Dream
The Loon's Dream
Tender-water eye
Holding all creatures
The young mallards know
they are safe
in your keeping.
PhotoPoem by Akiba & Maryam
Blueberries Coming Into Their Own
Blueberries Coming Into Their Own
How do they turn from lime green
to rose violet, to dark blue?
Is it the star like opening,
which lets in the blessings of blueberry fairies?
Is it the raindrops,
which refresh the blueberry spirit?
All I know
is that they are coming into their own
as we sip our tea...
PhotoPoem by Maryam
Self-reverence
The women from the Healing Arts Circle at The Center for Wisdom's Women plus two guests from the Maine General Prevention and Healthy Living Program created these uplifting and powerful expressions of self-reverence.
Stillness Graces Your Heart
Stillness Graces Your Heart
Earth brown eye
Stillness graces your heart..
Gives your feathers and voice a rest
Sometimes the infinite
lives and moves
in the quiet.
PhotoPoem by Akiba & Maryam
The Seen and Unseen
The Seen and Unseen
We see so little
of what is swimming below the surface
in golds and greens.
What pushes these strong legs into the murky water...
Where have they been...
Where are they going?
What creation stories
lie within this snapping turtle...
as it navigates the seen
and unseen world?
PhotoPoem by Akiba & Maryam
Glass Mandalas & Paintings from Summer 2017 Women's Healing Glass Workshop
Mandalas and paintings of healing qualities created by the spirited women in the Summer 2017 Healing Glass Workshop at Stained Glass Express. As one art form playfully unfolded into another, paintings inspired fusing glass Mandalas creating a pathway to realizing the blessings of one's being.
If only we saw far enough...
If only we saw far enough
into white lilies
where suffering
rises up
Transformed...
PhotoPoem by Akiba & Maryam
In the Kingbird's Dream
In the Kingbird's Dream
In the kingbird's dream
ancestors
filter through
white birches and lily pads
making their presence known
in hallowed whispers.
PhotoPoem by Akiba & Maryam
Spaces
Spaces
Without any words
The spaces between yellow
water lilies...
The spaces between a family
of wood ducks
Tell a story
A story, that with one gentle movement
closer or farther away...
changes everything.
PhotoPoem by Akiba and Maryam