We are All Guardians of Nature

Paintings by Deborah Milton

“In the name of daybreak, and the eyelids of morning
And the wayfaring moon, in the night when it departs,
I swear I will not dishonor my soul with hatred
But offer myself humbly as a guardian of nature,
As a healer of misery, as a messenger of wonder,
And an architect of peace.”
— Diane Ackerman

Holding Bear

Wolf Clan

Bee Keeper

Big Cats

Deborah Jane Milton, PhD, was born an artist but circumstances prevented her embodying that until 1992 when she found the courage to leave her psychotherapy practice, for which she’d trained long and hard, and to spend two months in solitude to transform her identity to that of an artist along with being a Mother, a Grandmother and a fully-fledged human being. She is devoted to Making Artful Prayers for wounded places and inspires others with her classes called: Painting Poetic Prayers for the World and Ecstatic Wisdom Postures – Good Medicine for our Time. Though raised as an Episcopalian, she left churches when she went to college and became deeply rooted to the spirit of life, the sacredness of earth, the miracle of Creator’s Creation. Imagine her surprise when she fell in love with Grace Church while her art – The Many Faces of Gaia – was hanging in the Gallery in June/July 2015. Visit more of Deborah’s work at: www.deborahmiltonartist.com.