Eyes of the Apocalypse: Using my art to navigate dark times

Unless you've been in a cave you know the past few weeks in the United States have been rough. I don't like to get too crazy political as I don't affiliate with a single party. My values and ideology lean to the left, but there are a lot of things party wise I can not get on board with.

That said, things are pretty bad. As I mentioned in my previous blog, censorship is rearing its ugly head and looks to get worse. And while I don't believe in Christian teachings, I was raised Christian and went to bible college. I know consider myself a witch, (yes there are male witches) and I do like using apocalyptic imagery.

That brings me to today's art:

This is loosely how the Bible describes angels, especially in Revelation and in the Books of the Prophets. They are pretty freaky looking and not like the cute cherubs we see on greeting cards. So as the world burns and things go sideways, I find myself leaning more into my art. It helps my mental health plus is kind of a spiritual release.

As part of tapering off my psych meds this past week, I've been getting back into meditation which I had started early in my journey but got away from in recent years. Its been amazing to tap back into. I do it for about 10-15 minutes a day so far, and chant various affirmations and mantras back to myself. As a result I usually see things like this. Now, it could be a vision or sign, or my crazy brain just digging up images and thoughts from my past. Meditation is a very powerful tool and one often overlooked in magickal circles, but its the biggest hammer in my toolbox.

I like to think of them as visions, but not sure what they mean. I just know I have to put it down and bring it to life and hope the person its meant for finds it. I see myself as a messenger for the Universe and delivering the images and art it sends me. It doesn't always make sense to me, but I figure there is someone out there who needs it.

This one, feels pretty clear that hard times are coming or they are here. I try to be positive and not doom and gloom. There is enough of that on all social media as it is. I think there are harder times ahead, but I don't think its without hope. We the people so far have been pushing back as much as we can against this authoritarianism that has invaded our lives. I know being a fifty-one year old guy working on my own healing and trauma there isn't a lot I can do working from home other than create art and words that inspired people and encourage people to hold on to that hope.

We still have elections for the moment and we have our voices and our money. Things like protests, boycotts and other small acts of disobedience encourage others that we aren't beaten. I don't have all the answers or even some of the answers. I just felt like this was the message that needed to get out, that this is temporary and things may get hard before they get better, but they will get better. We will heal, but it will hurt. That is the message this messenger in the drawing wanted to convey. The Universe is watching and things are unfolding. Don't give up and don't lose hope. Hopelessness is their biggest weapon, don't let them have it.