“Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere, they are in each other all along”
Valentine's day made me think about a day trip I took years ago to Santa Fe for the Indian market on the plaza. There was a Native American artist there selling her paintings. She was a beautiful woman with long jet black hair, a Creativity stamp all over her face with a smile that said: "I have something to share!" I was looking at her paintings of adobe houses, mountains, waterfalls, and rushing streams. These paintings were landscapes of vivid colors. They glowed with a luminosity that revealed the artist's vision of a mysterious synergy between Nature and Spirit.
I began to explain to her that the artwork reminded me of the paintings of Nicholas Roerich, the famous artist, peace activist, archaeologist, poet, mystic. He was interested in hypnosis and his paintings are said to have hypnotic expressions.
In the middle of our conversation, a Native American man came up with his paintings and set them up next to her. He had long black hair rivaling hers and a hurt demeanor. It was evident that this man worshiped this woman. He could not keep his eyes off her and was jealous that we communicated so well. The man spoke to her by name. I was sure there was a broken heart here on the plaza; he looked so full of sorrow.
I began to look at his artwork. His paintings were of scenes in Santa Fe. One was of the Loretto Chapel with light shining from the windows--instead of shining through the stained glass outside to inside, colors were bursting from the inside to the outside! All I could say was WOW! I then caught the woman giving the man a wink. A smile came across him as if he had gone to the Loretto altar and sang Hallelujah! My wife was waving at me from a shop--funny, she was holding a bright-colored landscape painting! I had to leave!
I like to think the two artists I met were really in love, that they built a life together, creating new works and....life goes on at the plaza.
“Wherever you are and whatever you do, be in Love.”
From the Little Shack, Happy Valentines Day!