Raven Chiong’s latest adventure is serving as the
inaugural President of Willow Wind Poets started in January 2017 in Kanab. “Willow” is a nod to
the Southern Paiute place name for Kanab meaning “place of willows” and “Wind”
signifies our breath on paper. They meet
twice a month at the Kanab City
Library. Raven has been putting pen to paper for as long as she can
remember. First and foremost, she is a
letter writer, dating back to her childhood when she was a pen pal with her
absent mother. Her morning pages (three
pages of handwritten free writing suggested by Julia Cameron-author of
"The Artist's Way") are her non-negotiable daily spiritual practice and she
has remained dedicated to them for nearly 13 years and counting! Thanks Raven for your enthusiasm.
There’s
Something to be Said…
(To
the people of Little Willow)
There’s something
to be said…
Go, step into the
long lost well of sacred silence. With
courage, dive, free and deep into Oceans of open space, listen to your own
Voice, follow your own drum.
There’s something
to be said…
above the din of
“progress”, above the cacophony of Other.
Dry Grasses
beckon, Ancient Canyons echo with no syllable or rhyme:
Disconnect,
unplug, return to Earth Mother, come Home, weary traveler, to your Self.
Walk.
Slow.
Sit.
Stay.
Attune to the
Place where symphony of Cottonwoods meets sweet silence of Sage, where Rocks
speak, Rivers sing, and Shooting Stars have Voices.
There’s something
to be said…
Who’s resonating?
Who’s calling?
There’s something
to be said…
Are you listening?
Can you hear?
There’s something
to be said…
Only the Dreamer,
Awake, can say.
One of my favorite things to do is stop and listen to the silence. If you do it right, you will hear so much the rest of the world won't ever hear.
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