The Winding and Unwinding - a photo on Flickriver

The Winding and Unwinding

            Last week I invited my dear friend over to help me with an image set up. While we were prepping the shot, she suggested a second set-up - one that took my initial idea and made it better, deeper and more meaningful.

This is the result of our collaboration from that day.

As I assembled the concept that we shot, I kept coming up against a moment of clarity that I had had a few days before.

The realization was that I have a major block when it comes to trusting the Divine, the Universe, God, Source, whatever you call it. That revelation came like a punch in the gut and sent me into a deep meditation on the subject - teardrops dropping while my laughing Buddha statue looked on.

Afterwards I wanted to turn this collaboration into a reminder to myself, and offer it to you here, perhaps as a tiny devotion.

For me this image addresses trust, power and belief in whatever you may call "source." Do you feel guided when you trust it, or do you feel that you are giving your power away? It is a binding or an unbinding happening within you while you meditate on the image?

Taken on: April 25, 2014

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