River
Always behind the actions of writing, painting, thinking, healing, doing, cooking, talking, smiling, making, is the river, the Rio Abajo Rio; the river under the river nourishes everything we make. . .
. . .the river here symbolizes a form of feminine largess that arouses, excites, makes passionate. . . [Women] are excited by the idea, aroused by the possibilities, impassioned by the very thought, and at that point, like the great river, they are meant to flow outward and continuously on their own unparalleled creative path. The above excerpt is from "Women Who Run With the Wolves" by Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Ph.D. - a fabulous and highly recommended book!
In their endless flow, rivers have evolved into symbols of life itself. They are the flux of the world in manifestation, the macrocosm, and the crossing of a river from one bank to the other indicates that a rite of passage has just been completed. The mouth of the river shares meaning with the gate and the door as a passage to another world. Information taken from: Online Symbolism Dictionary
Water: Water popularly represents life. It can be associated with birth, fertility, and refreshment. In a Christian context, water has many correlations. Christ walked on water, and transmuted it into wine, thus these acts can be seen as a transcendence of the earthly condition. Christians are baptized with or in water, symbolizing a purification of the soul, and an admission into the faith. However, water can also be destructive (as in the biblical flood which only Noah and his family escaped); water drowns and erodes, wearing away even the densest of stones given enough time. Water is also one of the four elements essential to life in traditional western philosophy. In this form it is represented by undulating lines, or a triangle pointing down. Colors commonly associated with it are blue and green. Its qualities are fluidity and cohesiveness. Flowing water usually represents change and the passage of time. Information taken from: Online Symbolism Dictionary
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