Cave of Forgotten Dreams

Horses, lions, cave bears, rhinos, wolves, bison, aurochs, ibex racing joyously up out of the earth - birthwaters

Stop and be silent – listen to the silence of the cave – hear the heartbeat of the earth and maybe even your own

Flute made from vulture radius – soft reedy windy sound –pentatonic scale

Buried by landslide 20,000 years ago – paintings date from up to 32,000 years ago

Crooked finger man, six feet tall – making red palm prints

Dreaming of lions (no teeth or claws)

Layers on layers with 5,000 years between

Tracks and bones laying as they fell – calcite dripping glacially slowly over everything

Cave bear

The arch over the river

Worship and celebrate

Cave as cathedral – there in the womb of the earth – child footprint next to wolf print – what is the story it tells?

Fresh charcoal with calcite growing over it like a frosted window pane