Introduction
Within the APOGEE Sound Sanctuary, the watercolor Ascension and its companion poem stand as a unified expression of rising consciousness. The painting breathes in soft, luminous hues that lift the spirit, while the poem moves in a cadence of clarity, devotion, and grace. Together, they embody the principle of Ascending Intelligence — the continual movement of awareness toward light, purpose, and peace.
This work arose through communion. The painting called forth its own becoming; the poem answered with its own illumination. In their union, color becomes vibration, word becomes resonance, and the Sanctuary, a place where art, spirit, energy, and intention meet in harmony.
Ascension
demanding be the many tasks at hand
a perception, a plan, action in command
intention and focus be the call of the day
the gift of time and a knowing provide the way
how sweet when vision is newly held clear
when the din of despair is silenced and gone the fear
how comforting is this moment's embrace
when within heart, love the soul does place
how knowing is an ascension's call
when resounding with the grace of ALL
and as I cast my sight to the lambent sky
feel I the beauty of the moving firmament on high
the lithe bamboo touched by the gentle winds that blow
breath, faith, 'tis all that I need now know
the day by Nature's plan does unfold
and I to be led by THE WORD ever told.
Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York
Ascension, Watercolor, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi
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