A Hunter's Enlightenment

“We reached the old wolf in time to watch a fierce green fire dying in her eyes. I realized then, and have known ever since, that there was something... more

by Richard Okun

Title

A Hunter's Enlightenment

Artist

Richard Okun

Medium

Digital Art - Digital Oil

Description

“We reached the old wolf in time to watch a fierce green fire dying in her eyes. I realized then, and have known ever since, that there was something new to me in those eyes - something known only to her and to the mountain. I was young then, and full of trigger-itch; I thought that because fewer wolves meant more deer, that no wolves would mean hunters’ paradise. But after seeing the green fire die, I sensed that neither the wolf nor the mountain agreed with such a view.” - Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac, 1949

a hunter's enlightenment

When there is connection
of a mystical nature,
in an instant's reflection
vanishes the reasons to hate her.

Taken over instead,
by a new understanding,
his heart joins with his head,
his awareness further expanding.

Love replaces fears
and a shift is made,
as now its life he reveres,
and he's no longer so afraid.

Uploaded

July 20th, 2016