"Heart of the Earth embraces the dark
and the light, the moon and the sun. It calls us to cherish ourselves,
to cherish this miracle Earth. And to give thanks."
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Heart of the Earth
Clio talks about the creation of this
image;
"My birthday. Staying in a cave
on a Dartmoor Tor. Grieving loss, meeting with death. Sleeping.
Waking. Looking at the cave wall I discerned some marks. Looking
more carefully I traced the outline of a woman sitting. Amazing!
A faded cave painting! Then I remembered I had drawn it a year
before. Getting up I pulled a charred stick from last
night's fire. I redrew Her, adding her hands, shaping a
heart at her belly, just as I, myself, had been sitting, focussing
love for myself.
That afternoon I took a piece
of cloth, my pigments and brushes to a big, smooth rock in the
centre of the River Dart. Embraced in beauty, alone with the
sight and sound of cascading water, I spread out the cloth and
painted Her as my healing. Her round belly became the Earth.
We are of the Earth. We are one.
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