• Pan Pastel on Stonehenge paper
  
  A long spiritual journey that was wonderfully enlightening yet painful as well. Part of Transformation: Cycle 1. I am undergoing a spiritual transformation which is a struggle, with resistance to change, and also a greatly nourishing and joyful time. Joy is something I feel very grateful for and it is hard to come by at times. I try to take the time and make the effort, as best I can, to help create my own joy and take part in the joy that is around me. Last winter while hospitalized I sat in the solarium and looked out the window to see and experience the winter wonderland of Maine landscape the day after a blizzard, when the wind dies and the sun shines brightly. There were some smallish rocks sitting just outside the window and they had their snow hats on. The temperature had risen to above freezing and the snow melting on the rocks made me think of how the Creative Power is inside these rocks and the rocks are joyful at being warmed by the sun and feeling the slow melting of their cold caps. This was one of the happier moments of that time for me. I managed to sketch the scene.