Time, Myth and the Artist's Way

The thin membrane through which artists birth poems, sculpture, images, and sound is like the membrane through which spirit manifests. One might ask, 'Is the realm of the spiritually attuned artist much different than that of the shaman?' Like the wounded healer, artists often appear to hover around the gates of heaven as well as the gates of hell. They are point riders exploring uncharted territory for rest of us.