After my performance of "The Nearness of You" with Laura Hoffman, jazz/blues pianist, my friend, KRR, gifted me with a beautiful wooden statue of a softly poised woman with a handful of flowers held gently in front of her face.
Following is the intuition-inspired message of thanks that I gave her:
Thank you so much for coming to my performance. My spirit would smile when I saw your face.
Willow Tree's carving, "Surrounded by Love" (willowtree.com) described my feelings that evening when I would see, feel or hear everyone's response to my musical and comedic intent.
As I held her, I began to feel her story. It began to dawn on me that her shape, color, grooves and weight reminded me of the humerus [bone of the upper arm]. This led me to the reading of the statue.
Immediately, I was drawn to the soft depths and heard the word: sulcus [grooves on brain surface]. The trio of sulci positioned my hand in a tripod grasp [a functional grasp]. It gave me a feeling of pulling something out... this tells me to explore and excise what I have stuffed or disallowed to come forth–so far in my life.
The sulci indicate the subtle debts where messages of intuition and Spirit reside– where we must go to learn and discover our Truths.
The eight flowers provided the cover and comfort of her gaze or of being seen by others. This captured my post-performance fears [and insecurities] very aptly...I often feel a need to disappear – to descend into my self.
Her left head tilt further portrays the emotional process that I experienced throughout the inception-to-completion of the show (da capo a pied: from head-to-feet; top to bottom).
Her right hand holds the left hand at her heart. This double hand-hold typifies how nurses and healers taught me to conclude another's healing and an assurance of love i.e. that they are Surrounded by Love.
Thank you for your kindness and thoughtfulness. She stands gently amongst my wooden shapes and figures–Subtle Woman.
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