There once was a seal
Who was caught sunbathing
Without her Cape of Seal Skin
She became captive to a foreign reality
Of children and earthen pleasures
A child offspring
Found the hidden once discarded
Cloak
Offering it up to the mother of desires
Who leaped with recognition
Into who she once was
Yet encountering longing
For sea and turf
It is the Longing
That defines the days
The Question of Selkie’s Longing
oil on canvas 60″ x 48″
(c) Cheyenne MacMasters 2022
It’s that time.
Will you be okay?
You know we’re here for you.
I was hoping you would be.
Oh babe, how could we not be?
What do you think we ought to do?
Stay calm, and mind the gap.
Blindly crying out
In supplication
Towards acceptance
It starts with being present…
And saying a prayer…
Coming to a boundary…
Maybe even in your sleep…
Sometimes with regret…
Or just sheer joy…
You might receive a message…
And be called…
To go beyond…
The life you knew…
It’s the quest of the Initiate’s Journey…
To awaken…
Who drinks
On the sly
The Sky Breast?
Poetry and Painting (c) Cheyenne MacMasters 2020
oil on canvas 24″ x 24″
Mona Eve 2020
(c) Cheyenne MacMasters 2020
oil on canvas 40″ x 30″
Six years of images I’ve painted representing The Initiate’s Journey are now on display at Subway Gallery in Bisbee, Arizona.
The Initiate’s Journey represents those moments when our perception changes. Moments of vulnerability, moments of giving our all in complete openess.
Please take a look at the pictures from the show I’ve posted on Bisbee’s Subway Gallery page:
Cheyenne Paints 