Ireland and Italy are the lands of (most of my) ancestors. While my personal praxis does not typically include work with ancestors, I do feel a deep pull to both of these lands. When people talk of them or when I see pictures I feel a call, deep in my spirit, to go to these places, walk the earth and touch the waters. It's like they call to my memory.
The cliffs of Ireland call my name every time I see them, every time I hear them sung of and every time I see the white of water crashing along her edges. I remember the way the air tastes and the smell of the old ocean along her shores. I've never been there in this lifetime, but I remember the sound as the sea hits the land, and the smell of fire on the wind. Does Erin call to you too?
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| Near Glencolmcille fine art print by Darcilina of Depictions by Dolge |
Can you taste the excitement in the air mingled with the dust? Can you hear the roar of the crowd above the ringing of metal? Can you see the knowledge of death or glory in the eyes of those called or driven to fight? I remember it all and every time I see the Colosseum it comes back. The gods of Rome are familiar to me but they are not what calls, it's the city itself. Do ancient walls speak to you as well.
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| Colosseum Fine Art Photograph by Julie Smith of Julie S. Photography |
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Gorgeous post Kat!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much, my friend!
DeleteMy genetic roots come from all over western Europe (basically, I'm a Celtic and Germanic mutt). I've got Irish roots, but I'm not really drawn to them, interestingly enough. I know a lot of folks with Irish heritage are, though. I find myself pulled most towards my Scottish roots, and my French roots in Alsace-Lorraine.
ReplyDeleteI think one of the most interesting part for me is that I do not work with my ancestors at all and I have no interest in finding out where my family has come from. I find that I'm not drawn to the people either, but that the place calls to my deeper memories.
DeleteYou know what, Kat? I live in Italy and I never visited Rome! That's shameful, I know, but I never had a occasion for going there......
ReplyDeleteSimo, Not shameful at all. You wouldn't believe how many people live in the mid-Atlantic of the USA and have never been to see Washington DC.
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