Poetry and Photographs by Ray Madrigal
We are beyond,
Beyond what we have read by the light of so many moons,
A quarter, to half, to full and back.
A shadow behind us,
We are born from this,
Until feeling the sun at our backs
Even as we stand up in exquisite castles
Never far from mud
Embryos, all of us
Magicians by breath
Longing for a moment where there is no other moment
Like waves searching for sand untouched
And although the roles played, embraced
We are more than actors
Or one costume handed in for another
For we are amongst flowers and forests that burn and rebuild
Each of us ancient without the sense of this
Bubbles of beauty forgotten
Sadness not new
And yet the arch of love
Grand and succulent
Perpetual in it’s call
A varied wholeness
No death, to the contrary
Ray Madrigal ©2011 all rights reserved
I have photographed seriously for 25 years. Photography to me is about energy and vibrancy, whether this be with people, trees, or a flowers or the sky.
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During Robert’s travels he has labored as an auto assembly line worker in Detroit, as a carnival worker, a journalist in New York City, on a farm of a Zen community in California, as a landscaper, a financial consultant, a janitor. After living in the Mendocino area for about twenty years he bought a camper van and moved to a property in a redwood forest where he studied the inner life intensely.
