Becoming a Man

 Burial 1998 14x11x14 inches

part of the ritual series, something we are so dearly missing 

I am a Man

A Green Man

I speak for the earth

For the trees and the animals

I have spoken all my life

And will speak after my death

Our earth is dying

We are loosing our soul

Men have lost their foundation and their beacon to guide their way

Lost in “things” and not another navigational device nor gadget will lead him home

Home is within, it is the time to go inside, seek, repent and feel

Feel the shame the sadness the anger the guilt and the fear

Feel it

Feel it fully and pick your sorry self up off the kitchen floor

Do something Man

Be a man and find your guiding light

Do this and you will not be lead astray

The earth needs you

The woman and children have been waiting

It’s time to wake up

It’s time to speak up and shout

For the air the water the plants and the animals

They are all your relations

You, your fathers your sons and your brothers that hold the power to heal

It is you that must take the heroes journey

Down into the darkness within your soul

Feel the shame the sadness the anger the guilt and the fear

Then and only then will you feel the true joy it is to be a Man.