Attention Prayer Print

11" X 17" 2-color Offset Lithograph Print I originally made the snake to go with an Emily Dickinson poem called, A Narrow Fellow In The Grass. I may still finish that print with the Dickinson text but it felt right to use it here too. The cat is an image that I use often. The bird was created specifically for this piece after I chose the Mary Oliver poem. In some ways this poem is very simple and obvious and the title explains it all. A practical guide: When we focus and become alert and ready, we are actually praying for something and we have a good chance of finding that thing. It’s more than that, though. Our communion with God, or in this case, nature, happens not when we recite specific words but when we actually, deeply, marvel at nature. We express our thankfulness and our reverence by watching it unfold and really paying attention to it. In this way, we express our thankfulness and “say grace” when we pay attention to the true needs of our body; When we notice our hunger and then eat, when we do th