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Mary talks about "Bridging Heaven And Earth" Before Allan asked me to paint a painting based on the theme “Bridging Heaven and Earth” for this amazing project, I had been thinking that my next painting would be just one large feather. After I painted it, though, I wasn’t sure that that’s the one I wanted to submit. As time passed, however, I came to see what a perfect example a feather was for this theme. Feathers have always floated between the worlds. Who hasn’t felt magical or transported when they catch one drifting on its own through the air? Not to mention when they are attached to a magnificent bird on the wing, sunlight gleaming off of them. And my appreciation of the feather’s power and gifts has increased over the years of doing a variety of Native American rituals and practices. The Native people have truly honored and respected the essence of the feather. Their tangible use of the feather in so much of their ceremonial earthwalk elicits what transformation can come from the natural world around us if we will only listen and respond. And so I realized that holding a feather is like holding Spirit in your hand, a bridge between Heaven and Earth. O Mitakuye Oaysin, Namaste and Blessed Be, Mary Harris Cutting/White Winged Wolf Woman
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