I remember once I created a nature painting around some personal work which involved being busy all the time feeling exhausted and resentful. So I created my sacred circle and placed some objects inside to represent the issues that had showed up in my life. These objects included some nuts, which I placed in the centre to represent nourishment. I left my creation and went in doors. Within a few minutes there were 2 squirrels in my circle eating my nuts!!!!
At first I wanted to bang on the window, I felt angry that they were in my space and eating my nuts.
Then I stopped myself, of course they were helping me to see how I was feeding others but not myself and as a result I was feeling resentful and empty. As I stood and watched one of the squirrels took a nut and buried for a rainy day!!! Again this was a message that I had to go deeper to nourish myself. My yearning was for some space to feed myself spiritually. I wanted to nourish that deeper part of me. I saw that the anger and resentment I felt towards others was actually my own anger at myself for never listening and that if I would just allow myself the nourishment I craved then I would have far more to share with others.
That is when I committed myself to Ashtanga yoga and this became one of my coordinates to nourish myself in a way that was of service to me, my life and all those I came in to contact with.
I have many amazing stories about nature paintings. They truly can bring us the most subtle and yet amazing insights and messages.
I remember once during a vision quest we sent the participants out to create a nature painting setting their intention for their vision quest. One of the participants came running is very distressed because a cow had done a huge poo right in the middle of her nature painting.
Now she had chosen to create her nature painting in a cow field and spirit speaks to us in many ways. She understood what that big poo symbolized once she had calmed down and had the opportunity to reflect on the intention and purpose of her Quest.
So go create a nature painting. Have the experience