Our first home was in the body of another. Mother Herself.
I love pondering that we are here on earth because women made space for us in their own bodies.
Becoming human in the alchemy of the womb, we abide in a magnificent abode, growing into our time to be born. Mothers make us all possible, with the awesome power of creation.
The Hebrew word for womb, rechem also means ‘compassion’; the German word for ‘hope’, hoffnung also relates to pregnancy. We are born from blessed space.
First Home…Body Itself
Please share your birth thoughts. I would
love to hear from you!
I love the title of a wonderful poem, ” A woman in perfect progress”. It reminds me of birthing women.
“Birth is the experience of a lifetime.
Giving birth and being born brings us
into the essence of creation where the
human spirit is courageous and bold and
the body, a miracle of wisdom.”
We are coming into the Christmas season that honors birth. Each of us has entered this world the way Jesus did, through the power of creation. Woman giving birth and babe being born.
The wonder of Mona Lisa’s expression, the mystery of her private smile is older by far than Leonardo da Vinci’s well known sixteenth century painting. Her face reflects that ancient knowledge of woman pregnant with child, intimately in touch with the nature of her own body and spirit giving birth to life.
Cameras do not take beautiful, poignant, awesome, humorous,
tender, wondrous, timeless, take your breath away photographs.
But people do. This means you!
Here are a few suggestions for photographing with your own insights.
Future posts will have more. Please visit again.
Mona Lisa holds our gaze. The mystery of her private smile compels us to wonder. We are drawn to an essence older by far than Leonardo da Vinci’s sixteenth century painting.
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