Come with Me by dragongirl
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Poser - Bryce- Amorphium - lots of Glass and layers of Glass. Thumbnail was a 4+ hour render, and full sized image was just short of a 12 hour render. All these Sea of Glass Bones pictures leave my computer gasping. 😁
Jane’s Diary - The Sea of Glass Bones
I have been a Guide here for quite a while now. This is, of course, a euphemism. The paths here lead you wherever they want you to go. And the landscape and landmarks of the Journeys are ever-changing
This was my first Guide here. I learned so much from her, and from my first journey - in.
Like me, she left her homeworld to live and “work” here in this world-with-a-mind-of-its-own. She brought a companion from her home with her, so she always has something familiar as she takes these journeys. It’s a wise strategy.
“The journeys we take here have so little to do with time and space as they are measured on other worlds,” she told me. “Going from point A to point B isn’t what really happens on these waterways.”
The art form of The Cloud Garden people - the natives of this mercurial world - is - oddly enough - to form stasis fields here and there where they create individualized ecologies and more or less stable “places” with incredible atmospheres. Places - that teach - and give actual experiences of an Order and Truths that cannot be spoken.
These Truths - these Cloud Gardens - are the stunning centerpieces here that all the offworld pilgrims and travelers come here especially to see - and experience.
Being a Guide here is about allowing the path to do the leading. It’s about not-knowing the way.
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To check out two of the Cloud Gardens in Jane’s Diary - click on Albums above, and choose the “Jane’s Diary” Album.
Comments (34)
I've studied your words and image since you posted, and you state it all beautifully. I also looked at the album you told us about, and all the images and words are very inspiring. This woman has a tranquil stare, and all the crystals behind her suggest she's in a realm of crystalline forms w/ all kinds of refracted light...and I wonder if those forms and lights aren't morphing all the time, always in motion. I love the reds of the flower and bird, they burst out at us as do the quiet purples and blues. Your olive-gray background suggests peacefulness. And as for your words, what is the saying? the guide will appear when one is ready? I know you write about paths, but I can't help but think that the path is the guide (in your words), and if we're listening closely enough, it will already have the 'way' for us. Bear with me, another tale:
A mystic was walking in ancient Jerusalem, when he met a man who looked like the 'messiah'. He said, "sir: Forgive me, but there's so much suffering inside our city: When will you come inside?"
The messiah said, "today".
The traveler left, and wept.
For weeks he wandered aimlessly. He couldn't speak. Then his teacher saw him, said, "my god: what's the matter?"
The man said: "I met the messiah, and he mocked us."
"How so?"
"He said he would come to us 'today': But he never moved."
The teacher said: "He wasn't wrong. Do you see? It all depends on what you mean by 'today'..."
It's an old rabbinical tale, and it's interpreted thus: Some say it's "today" because, when you're ready, the path will come. It's here 'today'.
But the deeper interpretation is: The messiah's not a person, but state of mind. It's is in you 'today'. It's been in you from the beginning. Thus the stranger says, "today". He wasn't lying...
Those eyes (in your guide) are soft and penetrating. Beautifully done, Rose.
Nice work!
Unique style love it :)
Very nice portrait and details!!!