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Call of the Hawk
July 25, 2026
Many years ago, I spent a weekend driving around the upper Hudson valley of New York. I was profoundly dissatisfied with my life. From the outside, that life may have looked like a dream fulfilled. I was a bestselling thriller writer; publishers competed to offer me high six-figure advances, laid on stretch limos and made sure the Dom Perignon waiting for me in the hotel suites they paid for was perfectly chilled. And my life felt hollow. I knew I had to make a break with big cities and the fast track I had been on and get back in touch with the spirits of the land and my own deeper creative spirit.
On that upstate weekend, a few miles from the village of Chatham NY, a Realtor showed me some land with a run-down farmhouse that might be available. The house would need a ton of work, but as I walked the land, half of it still primal woodlands where the deer drifted in great droves, I knew in my gut this was a place I needed to be. I sat under an old white oak behind the house, feeling the rightness of the place but also that I needed a further sign.
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DREAM DRAWINGS
Dream-inspired art by Robert Moss
Dreams require action, to bring their creative, guiding and healing energies into the everyday world. My journals are filled with drawings I make from dreams and shamanic journeys, very often shared experiences in my playshops and trainings, where a whole flight of 30 or more dreamers may travel together through an agreed portal on an agreed assignment. Here is a selection of drawings inspired in this way, from my journals and sketchbooks. All pictures are (c) Robert Moss and may not be reproduced in any form without written permission. In this age of AI or data generated images, I will note that nothing here is produced that way. Very occasionally I may use some digital help with adding color and effects to an original piece. That will be noted.
Unfinished Portrait of the Higher SelfMy dream self is walking a path lined with monumental stone figures including a huge lion with a cushion-sized ruby or garnet flashing fire from his back. Ahead, up the hill, is a curious tower-like building. News flash: I see a big color photo in my local paper of an art work in progress. An artist is working inside the tower on an enormous painting that will depict the relationship between the personality and the higher self. The personality is shown as a small figure standing within a field shaped like a candle flame. This in turn is contained within a lager ovoid field.
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