The same stream of life that runs through my veins night and day runs through the world and dances in rhythmic measures.
It is the same life that shoots in joy through the dust of the earth in numberless blades of grass and breaks into tumultuous waves of leaves and flowers.
It is the same life that is rocked in the ocean-cradle of birth and of death, in ebb and in flow.
I feel my limbs are made glorious by the touch of this world of life.

And my pride is from the life-throb of ages dancing in my blood this moment.

Rabindranath Tagore Gitanjali

Franz von Stuck Dancers

Affirmation of life is the spiritual act by which man ceases to live unreflectively and begins to devote himself to his life with reverence in order to raise it to its true value. To affirm life is to deepen, to make more inward, and to exalt the will to live.

Albert Schweitzer

Please note. The following links lead to pages which are very graphic intensive. So they're slow to load. You can always click a link, then go and put the kettle on. Chances are it'll be done by the time you get back with the tea. Enjoy both !

Wood

Spirit of the Tree

Fire

Spirit of Fire

Earth

Spirit of Earth

Metal

Spirit of Air

Water

Spirit of Ocean


In defiance of Einstein's view that "The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources", I'm extremely grateful for the use of material from the following sites in particular:

Aon Celtic Art

The Artcyclopedia

ArtMagick

Classical Midi Collection

The Spirit of Gardening

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