The photo was taken from the viewing point of Santa Lucia Utalan, Solola, Guatemaya, in February 2020. It overlooks Lake Atitlan, down into the village of San Pedro La Laguna, Guatemaya. I went there to study and learn from Mayan elders during the time of Wayeb, a time out of time, which is a period of five days in which to reflect about the previous year as well as to prepare physically, mentally, and spiritually to receive the energies of the new year according to the cosmovision of the Mayans. I chose this photo because it is during a season when I was reclaiming my deep wild nature back into a celebration of life and beauty. Credit: Everett Atlas.
[English]
I am here today
from all four sacred directions
as the song and heartbeat
of my ancestral lineage
a legacy of the sun, moon and stars
I am here today
as the serpent of rebirth
the jaguar of discernment
the hummingbird sparkle of joy
the condor of true liberation
I am here today
as Earth, home of all my relations
as Water, the source of all life
as Air, the breath of all life
as Fire, the spirit of all life
I am here today
shedding the yoke of oppression
walking pathways within pathways
dancing beginnings within beginnings
allowing endings within endings
~ an infinite deep wild essence
