A sketch of a scene at the ocean, with the sun glare on the water going out to the horizon. A naked man stands, in prayer attitude, holding a wizard’s or shaman’s walking staff, and gives honor to the glorious warmth of the day, the power of the Sun’s light that is the source of all life on Earth, and the Ocean who is the mother from which life arose.
I have asked models to pose like this when photographing them at the Pacific Ocean, and I’ve done a pose like this as a linocut print with a short poem, titled “Ocean Prayer.” This was a freehand drawing in my sketchbook.
Obviously this is a recurring theme in my art. But then, it’s a recurring theme in my life, too.
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