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Songs from the Earth: Chapter 4
The Four Seasons
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I stepped to the earth
And was dressed in mud,
Metal,
Flowers,
And food.
Eyes open wide to red,
Orange,
Purple,
And blue.
The Sun gathers and rises.
I animate, but do not
Possess.
I had an idea, but
Forgot.
Watching my shadow
Strike the ground.
Your body is a planet,
Orbiting the
Heart, spirit, star.
Under great trees
Time pours through flesh,
While green spring
Slides across this new face.
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Out from the forest
To great cities of glass and steel.
Self important reflections
Catch the eye in every direction.
Summer Sun burns shoulders,
Under Dragon skies.
Life is long and
Life is easy,
Selling time.
Let me show you.
Listen to me.
Under electric light and TV glow
I will show you,
As birds tickle your vision and
Fly out of sight
Through the metal and crash
I will tell you,
As the wind sits between each
Burnt blade of grass.
I will lead you
Over hot asphalt shores.
I will guide you
Through foreign dreams,
And sing you to sleep.
You say “Thou Shall”
But I don’t believe.
I Will.
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Outside
Red and gold
Awaken forgotten dreams.
Outside
Modern smoke calls to ancient spirits.
A gray incense
Outside
My love plays.
We live in a haunted place.
Under Sun orange leaves,
Dryad arms wave, crack and kiss.
Slow,
Slow,
Slow.
In a dance through time.
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I woke
With the cold Moon
Inside my head,
And She moved me
From there
To here.
Birds mix and fly.
Tree fingers scrape the sky,
Bringing clouds down
To my short breath.
Frozen river voice
Sings and bubbles.
Nature walks slowly
And the fay do too.
Life is loss and
Life is gain.
I love you all.
As I lay my body down
Stars push against each other,
While the first flowers fall
From my eye and mouth.
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Songs from the Earth: Posts
Coyote
ORIGINALLY POSTED (to Instagram) OCTOBER 3, 2018
It started a few months ago last spring with a pair of coyote I'd sometimes run into. I'd spot them up the hills. By the river.
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Todd Powelson
Machine & Magic at the Springville Art Museum
ORIGINALLY POSTED (to Instagram) DECEMBER 8, 2018
I had a great time tonight at the Magic And Machine show at the Springville Museum!
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Todd Powelson
Winter
ORIGINALLY POSTED JUNE 16, 2018
New artwork, called "Winter" - My art seems to run a season or two behind (or maybe ahead)
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Todd Powelson
Nature Looks Back At You
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON MARCH 13, 2016
You may also see that Nature also looks out through your eyes as well. We are all important pieces, helping complete creation.
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Todd Powelson
Winter Trees
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON DECEMBER 6, 2015
A giant tree face that looked back at me.
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Todd Powelson
Western Caduceus
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON OCTOBER 5, 2014
The snake, the bird, and the trees all kind of merged into one image in my minds eye and became this caduceus drawing.
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Todd Powelson
The Green Man
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON MARCH 9, 2014
Branches and bark on his face and skin, leaves as his hair, with flowers and foliage growing out of his mouth.
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Todd Powelson
The Dragon Walks The Earth
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON JANUARY 1, 2014
A new Dragon for the New Year!
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Todd Powelson
The Dragon
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON DECEMBER 1, 2013
Its the Dragon!
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Finally Finished Phoenix!
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON OCTOBER 20, 2013
I think of these birds as fiery phoenix, circling around the woman’s head like souls or spirits, or maybe thoughts and ideas. Either way, they are waiting to take shape in this world.
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Todd Powelson
Artwork at the Rio Grande
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON OCTOBER 13, 2013
Last Sunday I hung some of my artwork at the Rio Grande Cafe in downtown Salt Lake. A bunch of my artwork really…
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The Wolf at the Urban Arts Festival
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON JULY 21, 2013
Thanks to everybody who came out to the Urban Arts Festival yesterday!
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Todd Powelson
Fall
Art
We live in a haunted place.
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Todd Powelson
Summer
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON JANUARY 29, 2018
Out from the forest
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Spring
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON SEPTEMBER 15, 2017
Your body is a planet, orbiting the heart, spirit, star.
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Todd Powelson
World Egg
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON FEBRUARY 11, 2018
It was a snake all coiled up around itself, rolling down towards me. I watched the snake uncoil, and saw it was guarding an egg
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Todd Powelson
Rattlesnake & Butterflies
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON JULY 9, 2016
Butterflies flying all around, above that rattlesnake in the grass. Beautiful.
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Todd Powelson
Wisdom Dreams
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON NOVEMBER 30, 2016
Sophia‘s great spirit steps down into Her earth body.
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Todd Powelson
Wisdom Descends
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON JUNE 5, 2016
The sky and cloud colored fabric morph into a celestial wing, and in the geometry of that wing you can see hints of animal (primarily bird) shapes following close behind.
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Todd Powelson
Wisdom Rests
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON OCTOBER 2, 2016
By associating the sun, planets and stars with a human and animal form, they suddenly become much more relatable.
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Infinite Worlds
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON FEBRUARY 14, 2016
Do I really think that this Universe wears a human form?
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The Ninth World
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON JANUARY 10, 2016
Brahman is everything, but is also known as the Trimurti, moving through the universe wearing one of three cosmic forms.
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The Eighth World
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON NOVEMBER 29, 2015
I look up to the Sun and see this giant living being.
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The Seventh World
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON SEPTEMBER 13, 2015
The dreaming Earth. She is dreaming of the Sun, Moon, and Stars… but mostly She dreams of the clouds and sky, mountains and lakes, green, and ever-changing life.
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Todd Powelson
The Sixth World
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON AUGUST 2, 2015
The Sphinx guards that secret knowledge too through her riddles, and will destroy you if you’re not careful and can’t answer her questions.
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The Fifth World
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON JUNE 14, 2015
In ancient Egypt, there was the idea that the human soul was made up of five different parts. These different parts, when combined with the physical body, are what make up a human being.
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Todd Powelson
The Fourth World
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON MARCH 8, 2015
I saw a gigantic dragon.
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The Third World
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON FEBRUARY 1, 2015
“The Third World” is the human world.
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The Second World
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON JANUARY 10, 2015
I’ve never considered myself to be a wildlife artist, even though I love being out in Nature. And I love animals! The Second World is the animal world.
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Todd Powelson
The First World
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON NOVEMBER 23, 2014
I love the patterns and geometry those branches make as they reach for the sky. I love to see the patterns their roots make as they dig into the dirt.
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A World of Potential
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON NOVEMBER 16, 2014
found myself thinking about how these minerals became the basic building blocks for other, more complex life.
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Floating Dragon with Sky Beast Clouds
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON FEBRUARY 23, 2014
The Dragon looked down to the mountains and rivers.
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The Wolf
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON NOVEMBER 15, 2015
The Wolf was an end and a beginning.
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