Coup Stick Visions

Coup Stick Visions

Image created for and inspired by a vision shared with me by my spirit sister POLLY PEACOCK whose writing accompanies this collaboration, along with our shared favorite song…

Wakan Tanka – O Great Mystery – ENIGMA

I hold up my maker, to walk when my Maker no longer can, because we both must continue to walk the walk.
I convey words with images of honesty, truth and pride, because they must be shared.
I wear colors of the four corners to honor the coming of Mother Earth’s seasons and many and varied reasons.
I carry a sacred White Wankan Tanka to help me receive visions out of pure necessity.
I am made from an old Sycamore Tree, which speaks tales of old, just as my Maker does.
I have a limb that was torn and broken when my Maker made me; this represents my Maker’s honor of imperfection and humility; I was mended to represent the love and healing that my Maker carries for others.
I am filled with knots, which represent life’s many imbalances; this is so that my Maker may seek harmony in order to live contentedly with frequent imbalances.
I have been woven, braided and wrapped with valued leather and branches from a Weeping Willow Tree; this is to protect my Maker’s inner child and to honor the sacred animals that perished before my Maker and me; the sanctity and blessings of these animals are never wasted among my Maker’s people.
I am hand painted and untouched by a pen or pencil; these were once the most formidable weapons of my Maker’s Ancestors and Elders.
I carry feathers of the Bald Eagle, Goose, Peacock, Doves, and many other winged creatures to remind my Maker to fly high and rise above all storms, to swim with great speed, to honor Grandfather’s teachings and to live for inner peace; these are the things that my Maker shares with those beings who are willing to accept them.
My feathers are proudly decorated with beads of Mother Nature to represent my Maker’s love and respect for all of Daughter Earth’s treasured gems.
I am thrust up into the air by my Maker’s right arm, straight and tall; my Maker cries a primal scream for Creator to send the bright light of the Universe to heal those who are in pain; my Maker then welcomes the light from Creator, who ignites Father Sun, Mother Moon to illuminate and bathe Daughter Earth to spread sacred light; this healing also provides my maker with spirit, innocence, wisdom, integrity, humility and purity; this is one of many visions that my Maker’s sees, feels, trusts and believes.
I wear a broad smile; my Maker cherishes laughter medicine as one of the finest of all.
I dance ritual dances with my Maker; my Maker feels the rhythm of the drums and the heart and soul of songs sung; this stirs and moves my Maker into thoughtless being.
I touch those who would hurt my Maker to accept a challenge if necessary, but my Maker prefers to restore peace.
I am made from Mother Nature with my Maker’s great respect for Creator’s Universe, Father Sun, Mother Moon and Daughter Earth; this is so all beings can live together as one people.
I stand tall and proud as my Maker gazes into Creator’s Universe, during the darkness of each night, praying for universal love, truth, justice, honor, and peace; I represent my Maker’s respect for the equality, healing and energy of all living things.
I am the Coup Stick of my Maker’s visions and realities, which have been lovingly bestowed upon my Maker, by Creator; this is so that my Maker may continue to walk in peace, while immersed in Father Sun, Mother Moon and Daughter Earth’s beauty.

Mitakuye Oyasin! – All our Relations (Lakota)

Polly Peacock

Photograph of full Moon, merged with Wacom Pen painted image of white buffalo/calf woman holding Coup Stick, edited with several filters in Photoshop7 by tkrosevear.

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