Autumn Lake

by Ken Walker

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Autumn Lake

Artist

Ken Walker

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Digital Art - Digital Painting

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Dear One,

It’s been so long since you’ve come to see me here by the lake, our secret place: The edge between sky’s fire and amber’s shore. Time shared, now memories lost. I did not think that you would have left me here alone wandering like a vapor through the maples as night fades into absence. Will you ever find your way back to me? It was the sharpness of the knife plunged deep, my first memory of life, that brought me to you. Connected by grit and soul, we found our way to Autumn Lake, talking, laughing, crying, absorbing each precious moment with reverent intent as we made the short walk across the dock that perched atop the water. There you stood, skipping stones across the surface of the glassy water as if by doing so you might recapture your youth. These pebbles you flecked, pieces of your heart, I’ve kept. Bottled safely away. Waiting for you to hold them again. To remember who you are. To remember this place, to remember us. I have not forgotten. You’ll find me on the dock. I will wait. Come find me. Find yourself home.

Artist Note: “I have been going through another season in my life where parts buried deep within my heart are manifesting themselves, crying out for attention. Memories of my past do not want to be ignored and will eventually find their way out one way or another. Of course, sometimes I run away from the wounds and get lost. Fortunately, in time, a “Dear One” letter, like this one, will come from the depth of my being leading back to where I once found peace. Many of us have a place where we can be with ourselves. To be still. To listen. To remember the memories of me I had forgotten. And by doing so, I find a feeling of wholeness and home within myself.”

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September 14th, 2021

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