Note From Kendra

Dear Friends,

I am at the water’s edge, watching surfers bob up and down in the surf waiting patiently for the next set of waves they can catch during their morning session.  They come out, rain or shine, to engage in their love affair with the sea - the waves and the sea life - all of it.  Many surf before work or school and then come back to end their day the same way.
 
It doesn’t matter whether there are waves big enough to ride; they come because the sea provides for them more than just a great wave. There is a camaraderie among watermen. It’s like friends who gather at a coffee shop. They discuss the state of the sea and matters of life.
 
There is a longboard surf contest tomorrow, and I cannot help but feel the energy in the air - anticipation of the day that is to begin at 8 a.m. As I sit watching the members of this great tribe share something they love, I come to understand why these surfers go to great lengths to follow their drive to the water’s edge. It’s who they are. It’s a passion that cannot be denied, and so they honor it.
 
So I ask myself: Why is it that so many of us will let things slip away that we love so much?
 
To read my conclusion of the above quandary, be on the lookout for my next blog.

Peace and with love to you,

Archetype

The Scribe
(Copyist, Secretary, Scribe Accountant)

The Scribe differs from Author or Artist in one significant way: scribes copy existing works rather than create new ones. The Hebrew scribes were originally secretaries who wrote down the preachings of the prophets, but evolved into a priestly class charged with writing and maintaining the laws and records, copying previous scrolls, and committing oral traditions to paper. Medieval Christian scribes copied manuscripts and helped preserve learning. In India, the sages who completed the Vedas are known as vyasa, a Sanskrit word that means “collector” but could be translated as “scribe.”  We can expand the definition to cover modern journalists, who also record the existing knowledge and information of their day and uncover secrets (investigative reporters). And we would also have to include that largely anonymous horde of copiers who are busy uploading everything imaginable onto the Internet in the hope of preserving it by distributing it to millions. What makes the Internet the modern equivalent of the medieval scriptorum is that so much information is transcribed onto it not for personal gain but for the sheer joy of preserving and sharing these artifacts with the rest of the world.
 
The shadow aspect of the Scribe can manifest in altering facts, plagiarizing, or selling information that belongs to others.
 
Films: Dustin Hoffman and Robert Redford in All the President’s Men; Sally Field in Absence of Malice (shadow); Kirk Douglas in Ace in the Hole (shadow); Nicole Kidman in To Die For (shadow); Holly Hunter in Broadcast News.
 
Fiction: “Bartleby the Scrivener” by Herman Melville.
 
Religion/Myth: Ezra (Hebrew scribe and priest, best known for collecting and editing the books of the Hebrew Bible, or Old Testament, in the fifth century B.C.); Imhotep (in Egyptian myth, an architect, physician, and scribe in the court of the pharaoh Zoser); Thoth (Egyptian god of wisdom, inventor of writing, and patron of scribes, often depicted as a man with the head of an ibis, holding a scribal tablet and reed pen). 

Myss, Caroline.  Sacred Contracts: Awakening Your Divine Potential.  New York: Three Rivers Press, 2002, 2003. 411-412. Print.

Symbology

PARROT/Sunshine and Light, Color Therapy, Animal Language
Contributed by Anne Barton.

I was inspired to write about Parrot partly because I wanted to share this amazing picture! Take a look again, with this revelation:  This parrot is in fact a female model who posed for Johannes Stötter, a fine art body painter. Using breathable paint, he spent hours painstakingly turning this woman into the image of a parrot, brushstroke by brushstroke. The model's arm forms the parrot's head and beak, and her legs form the wing and tail feathers.
 
Like this piece of art, let Parrot inspire you to use color to lift your mood and light to energize your life.

 

KEYNOTE: Responsible Behavior and Communication
CYCLE OF POWER: Year-round
 
Key Concepts when Parrot is Present:

• Let sunshine revitalize your soul and color transform your world.
• Color therapy may help balance your life; yellow walls can lead to a more optimistic way of seeing life; blue has a calming effect.
• If you are in a land where winter is long and days are short, visit lands of sunshine to stimulate energy and revitalize your soul.
• If your heart has been telling you to move and your mind has been finding reasons not to, Parrot says to follow your intuition.
• Listen to the language of bird music and song and remember that communicating with all beings, human and otherwise, is important.

I feel like the message of Parrot, while varied, is simple: we are beings of light and energy. Darkness may try to seep in, and it can overtake us sometimes. So we have to consciously practice revealing the light within. Parrot reminds us of some key tools for doing this.
 
If Parrot pays you a visit, consider using color to lift your mood or brighten up your environment – paint a wall, liven your outfit with a splash of color. And perhaps it would be helpful to study the meanings of colors to discover what will do the trick to change your mood – blues and greens are calming, orange energizes, yellow can encourage a more optimistic outlook.
 
It’s possible that Parrot’s message is to seek out sunshine, nature’s light therapy! This might mean a vacation to a sunny shore or something more permanent might be in order – like actually making a move if that’s where your intuition is leading you.
 
A parrot’s unique vocal structure allows him to speak our language, making him a bridge between human and animal communication. Oftentimes we need to be reminded that we are all connected, and expanding our listening to humans as well as other beings on earth ensures we receive the enlightenment we seek.

Works Cited & Resources
Green, Susie.  Animal Wisdom: Harness the Power of Animals to Liberate
      Your Spirit.  London: Cico Books Ltd., 2005.  Print. 



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