Welcome to
Uncovering: A Wild Garden of Eden
Project by Abigail Hendricks
You've made it! To a Wild Garden of Eden! As you meet each creature, in all that you are, take the time to read and listen to the sounds of Creation I was listening to that inspired and became these creatures. And as you go, ask yourself:
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Who are these creatures?
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Who am I in them? Who are they in me?
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What am I remembering, that I didn’t know I had forgotten?
Then, when you’ve finished, leave me a note answering these questions, or sharing anything you wish to share about your experience.
Curious about this piece? How it all came to be?
Otherwise, Journey on....
“We don’t have to figure out everything by ourselves: there are intelligences other than our own, teachers all around us”
(Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass)
Hush! Listen closely!
You are now entering a Wild Garden of Eden...
Meet Mother Mine, creature of the forest creek.
We’ve known her since we first arrived
Defined by her own birth (I was there! And so were you!)
Heart thumping with a passion
Wilding her own way through the trees
“If you ever lose your way
Follow the river:
Then you are already home”
Meet Spark, creature of the crackling fire
While the moon whispers in your ears, “RISE! Come with me now!”
He sings, “Light up! Spark up!”
So listen!
He’ll take you with him
To ascend, casting fears off your crown
Tickled pink and yellow
Dancing, bounding, skipping, eternally: Up! Up! Up!
Meet Face in the Tree, creature of the Tree in the Woods
Unfolding her folded wings (eyes?)
To see you more completely
Oh! Did you even see she was there at all?
She knows! She doesn’t mind -
She minds her own.
They choose her.
Would you like to be one of them?
“You will always belong right here, with me
If you just see, clearly”
For more, check this out!
Meet the One Who Swallows the Universe, creature of the Ocean shore.
Mm! I am the universe and it is me and I am me!
And so is she!
Throat open, eyes high (or low?)
Who is to say!
Tail like a stingray
And an antennae:
“I feel you and I see you, and I am you”
Meet PP Prince, creature of thunder and lightning
Make sure
Even if your gaze is down low (to shield your eyes)
That you are giggling from your belly
While you drip from head to toe
Shivering from the cold (or because you know you’re alive?)
“Isn’t it wonderful that we were made to drip dry?”
They rose to meet us, freely, with many names in many worlds, creatures of the open meadow -
From ancient Mountain, comes dancing Tree, comes knowing Birds, back to Mountain
Again and again and again
Singing, “There’s a time for Doing
And a time for Dreaming -
Much time for Dreaming!”
Do you see how they draw back the veil?
Do you see Beyond?
(We usually only peek, but you can go poke around for a while!)
That is where
Collective Awe
Lives:
Ah!
Meet The One of Many Faces, creatures of the Desert Night
These ghosts have a
Fully empty knowing
Look closely
And you may not be able to find them at all
But if you look even more closely
There they are
And they wonder
“Who do you think you are?”
Don’t be alarmed!
They only wonder what you think,
because they have already known you before
Meet The Curiosities, creatures of the Howling Blizzard
They serve the ancient reminder
That even when it’s cold
And loud
And dangerous
Take courage in curiosity!
Perhaps the feeling that you feel
Even the one that is not so warm and delicious
Is necessary
For ultimate satisfaction
“Do you dare to inquire into all the flavors of the experience
That is this life?”
For more, check this out!
Meet Dana, creature of the Ocean, lit by the Moon
Swirling in and out, in and out
Balancing risk and stability
Meeting in the watery in between
That is vulnerability
“We may not understand one another, but we know one another”
Meet the Cosmos in Flight, creatures of a quiet Chicago afternoon
What does it mean
To fly from the nest where you were born and raised?
Were you pushed to fall?
Were you pulled to flight?
Both?
I hope so!
Fall, then Fly, Beloved!
For more, check this out!
I hope you've enjoyed this adventure and love all the creatures as I do! Before you go, leave me a note with some thoughts on these things you may have pondered:
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Who are these creatures?
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Who am I in them? Who are they in me?
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What am I remembering, that I didn’t know I had forgotten?
Or any thoughts at all! I love you!