A Meditation on the Meaning of Birth | A collaborative art and poetry experience
The Lady holds me
Inside her body.
She is, at everywhere, a song better felt than heard:
Under every noise and syncopation,
Her oceanic resonance drones
Like a cello
In low and throaty vibrations.
They fall like dew upon my head.
I come into light.
They push up warmly through her breast.
She is like the earth for me –woman is–
And my body flourishes like the grass.
-Marian Devotion, poem by Fr. Joseph Michael, CFR
In July 2022, Fr. Joseph Michael and I hosted an evening of poetry reading and art viewing for a small group in the Gabriel Gallery (Annunciation Church, West Harlem). This work was inspired by our own meditations on the meaning of birth, a theme that has been profound in prayer for both of us. This was a special evening and a preview of sorts for more possible works to come.
photos: Edwin Lucero @earthlylynx