Connection

Today’s Mary Magdalene drawing: Mystical Magdalene Moon

Every night, I step out into this realm where I draw and I write, and I find myself full of words or sometimes completely empty. Still, I sit and place my hands on the keyboard, and let myself trust that I will find the words. It’s a challenge, and there are always words, although not always the right words.

I erase full paragraphs in which my thoughts fly into topics that take me far away from what I want to write here. It is not always easy to write clearly about life, art and the Magdalene.

I encountered Mary Magdalene through books, and studied what she showed me. It was, I think, the only way for me. I wish I’d had a vision, or some sort of out of body experience, but no, I had a mental experience in which the wonder and delight and brightness of the Magdalene penetrated me intellectually and filled me mystically.

I went on a long journey with her, a journey that was also the guidance of my heart. And it wasn’t until I found Mary Magdalene that my mind opened enough to learn and understand. In this sense, everything I do and think comes from those moments of connection.

Connection is something I achieve when I am creating. It doesn’t need to be art. It could be during a conversation, dreaming a project, or when writing, or making a handmade book.

Connection is also something I lose when I’m tired or sick. In those moments I have to remember that “this too shall pass…”

Connection is something that can be cultivated by remembering that just making yourself present at the moment when you remember that you committed to discovering oneness with the Divine, is enough to receive this gift.

Connection is what we seek with our mind, but must find with our heart.