February 26, 2020 marked the first day of Lent, and the beginning of a 40 day spiritual exercise in which I wrote and illustrated a poem exploring where the sacred can be encountered in nature.  Less than two weeks later, the world had irrevocably changed--the wilderness I sought to draw wisdom from more profound than I could have ever imagined.  

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This poet's journal sustained me during the dark, cold spring of lockdown and transformed my relation to creation, as one created, and as a creator.