Photos by Richard T. Bryant
Sirens, mythological beings, half female, half bird bodies. From the deep sea of our Collective Unconscious, knowledge of their existence spread as far as Intihuatana, pre Inca Empire times.
“Myth opens the world to the dimension of mystery.”
The Siren emerges in ancient times, symbolizing a connection between Earth and the Heavens. Their wings enable them to carry the dead to the Underworld, the realm where the secret of life and creation are to be found. The Siren seduces us to find the Divine infinity within ourselves. In order to transform and elevate yourself spiritually, your animal side is sacrificed.
Their music calls us back to the Divine mystery that holds us all and everything. The music of the spheres shines resplendent right in front of our eyes, everywhere, so simple in its magnificence and so full of complex infinite layers.
Her body becomes the wave of creation itself, the feminine and creative power that gives birth to tsunamis as well as life itself.
The Siren mourns the loss of our wings, oblivious for what is transient, mundane. Love for what is Divine, eternal.
“RARA AVIS”
Where are you headed, young siren?
Where from?
Going to play with the waves
full of dancing seaweed.
It’s time,
let them go.
Return,
rock those restless souls
of Summers past.
Life has plenty of
unrequited love.
Watch, or
you will transform
into stone.
Symbols of yours studied,
well-read and analyzed by
crowds of wandering mortals.
Don’t they know we are
only sea relics.
Sunflower sea stars
will accompany you,
mourning siren.
Peeling feather layers,
fly again.
Captivating audiences
of faraway worlds.
“RARA AVIS”
(Pájaro Extraño)
Hacia dónde vás sirenita?
De dónde vienes?
Voy a jugar con los olas,
traviesas algas marinas.
Ya es hora,
déjalas ir.
Vuelvan a mecer
esas almas inquietas,
de Veranos pasados.
La vida está llena
de amores sin corresponder.
Te transformarás en piedra .
Tus simbolos serán estudiados y
analizados por la
muchedumbre de seres ambulantes,
no saben que solo somos
despojos de la mar.
Las estrellas marinas
te acompañarán
hasta cuando deshagas tus
emplumadas vestiduras.
Nuevamente volarás
sirena
cautivando audiencias
de mundos lejanos.
PIA
March 13, 2018