While surfing the net for Thunder Medicine I came across a heading that read “White Thunder Medicine”. Following the link I came to Ryan Burr, Native American Artist.  I believe he captures the essence of  “The Message” within  “White Thunder Medicine”.  (not the titel of his art below)  The knowledge that is imparted in the painting below is profound. I will not attempt to explain it. It will be different for each of us.  I suggest if you are interested in the wisdom within this painting… study it.  Let it tell you its stories. Accept those stories just as they appear to you.  See how they apply to your current state of existence.  If you get that far – those stories will be your truth.

Ryan Burr

RYAN BURR  is a full blood Mandan and Hidatsa from the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, in North Dakota.  Ryan (48) has been a professional artist since 1988 and prior to that, a graphic artist for 9 years. In 1989, Ryan entered his first all Indian Art Market in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He has won many awards in art competitions at major Indian Markets.

The style of art he creates is inspired from his home, the Badlands in North Dakota. Ryan works in pen and ink, pencil, colored pencil and acrylic paints. He blends the past with a spiritual theme that connects man and nature.

As a Northern Traditional dancer, Ryan shares the Native culture through art and dance. Traveling the pow wow trail throughout the United States and Europe, he hopes to bring to you a unique view into the world of the American Indian.

On to Thunder Medicine…

If Thunder frightens you then maybe its message for you is to face your fears. Or to acknowledge that you have fears.  Does its coming cause you to batten down the hatches, or check on the safety of your crops, your animal friends, your family. Is that the only time you really give their safety much thought?  When dangers appear?  What lesson could one find in that scenario?

Image found at:  Taranallen

What do we learn from thunder…  Its power… its weaknesses…   Its beauty and its ominous character.  How it comes to us, how it affects, how it leaves us.   Are we Thunder’s children?  Thunder has its own grace while it calls to us in a loud boisterous voice. The shivers left on our skin are barely perceptible memories…  leaving us to seek out and  to grasp those memories intent on understanding the impact of them in our lives.   Thunder raises our awareness teaches us to listen to the most sensitive stimuli in the world around us.  It leads by example… “Go FORTH”,  it says…  “conquer your passions, life’s plan, your path”.  A certain power raises up within our hearts when we consider the lessons of Thunder.  Fill every possible part of your being until it runeth over with a magnitude beyond your comprehension…  then spill it out onto the world and make an impact! Do not follow your passions. Be them!

Another example of Thunder Medicine.

ThunderDreamers

How does this make you feel?

AHO