May 9, 2006 "Now"...a universe of thought...present in the moment... ©JAL Random thoughts on this image: Thoughts with the speed of eagles, reaching for the Grail, the Mysteries, RUNA, to see both the forest and the trees. I don't know as it is clear: the eye on the viewer's left is the world globe, North America and South America, to suggest 'world view'. Here it is again the theme of 'inward looking eye', and 'outward looking eye'. Also, the 'third eye' (third 'I'?) is there. Why does the Grail seeker's reaching arm go across the wide conscious man's mouth? Perhaps to suggest the verbal aspects, or as a means of expression, that the search MUST be expressed in terms the conscious mind can understand, at least to point the Will in that direction. From the inward looking eye side, there is the suggestion of another hand, expressing REACHING towards the path that leads to mysteries. There are mysteries to be found within each of our own universes of thought. scarab, sacred symbol of evolution, regeneration and transformation . . . © Joan Lansberry Go forward to 'Self Portrait' Go to 'The Essential Joan'