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MANITU OKAHAS STUDIO

37

SYMBOLISM
37 is considered by some to be the perfect number.  It is a prime number, meaning that it is only divisible by 1 and itself.  When you add the digits together, you get 10 or 1.  The beginning and the end.  When you flip the digits, you get another prime number.  Symbols and their meanings hep us make sense of the life that we are living.  They help us think, categorize, and create patterns.  Symbols become stories.  Stories become our helpers.  They give us strength, hope, and direction.  So here I honor the symbols and the stories they tell.  If you appreciate my efforts, you can support me by clicking on Buy Me a Coffee and leaving me a tip.  Thank you.

My primary sources of information for the symbols are:
Medicine Cards by Jamie Sams
My compiled file of symbols collected over the years
​Internet google searches​<script type
    The sites that I usually use are:  spiritanimal.com, what_is_my_spirit_animal.com, mindbodygreen.com, and yourtango.com
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THE HEART

7/14/2023

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Pen and ink on raw hide by Manitu Okahas
Love and affection
Romance and devotion
Courage and determination
Kindness and compassion
The balanced heart
Is one of connection

It would be a rare person in the west that hasn't used or doodled a heart like the one above.  However, a little bit of research brings up a wealth of information that goes beyond passion and romance.  The pen and ink above started as something to do with a tiny raw hide canvas because I love working with natural materials and I love working with pen and ink.  It gives me both the tactile sense that I crave and the perspective and challenge that I enjoy.

So, I'm going to start with the obvious.  The stylized heart represents love in its numerous forms.  We give a heart when we want to show that we like something.  We send a heart when we love someone.  We have a heart when we show compassion.  We wear our heart on our sleeve when we want to be authentic.

When we go a little deeper into the symbol, the heart is connection.  It is the connection between  the physical or the external world and our internal world.  It is where our intuition, spirituality, and thoughts connect emotionally to our environment.

Our emotional perceptions of the world outside of us runs through and is felt in the heart.  When we fear, our heart and our world contracts.  When we live in love and wonder, our heart and our world expands.  When we live in courage and devotion to our purpose, we have taken heart and live from the heart.  When we follow our own heart, we are living our own lives, not the lives dictated to us by others.

No matter what spiritual beliefs you follow, the next time you doodle a heart, I invite you to take it to heart.  Live in the connection between the spiritual and the physical.  Open your heart and live your best life without controlling others.  Work your passion from a place of compassion.  Let your heart guide you gently with courage, wisdom, and love.

As the poet Rumi wrote:
"your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it."

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