Smoke and Mirrors page 4

Here is page four of my latest comic series, documenting a current onslaught of soul-searching around my spiritual path and who I am. To read the rest of the pages thus far, please click on the Smoke and Mirrors label below, and to read more comics about my relationship and lessons with White Buffalo Calf Woman, click on that label below. 

Thank you for reading! 💖

 

Johnny B Goode

 

Smoke and Mirrors page 3

Here is the third page of my most current comic series as I do some soul-searching to sort out, through the magick of cartooning, recent events that have had a couple people calling into question my integrity around videoing my sacred pipe videos, something that I know goes counter to tradition but which I've been consistently guided to do by my helping spirits, especially White Buffalo Calf Woman.

This is not an attempt to justify or excuse myself, or to make myself the good guy and cast aspersions on others. It is an honest look at what I do and why I do it -- a seeking of the truth, and of integrity. 

To read the other pages thus far in this series, please click on the Smoke and Mirrors label below. And to read other comics where I've dealt with similar issues, please click on the White Buffalo Calf Woman label below.

 

Smoke and Mirrors page 2

Presenting the second installment of my current (well, one of my current) comic projects, as I sort out for myself, through my comics, recent challenges from outside and from within, concerning my path. 

To catch up with both pages so far in this series, please click on the Smoke and Mirrors label below, and to read other comics where I wrestled with similar issues, please click on the White Buffalo Calf Woman label below.  

And again, as always, thank you so much for reading! <3

Smoke and Mirrors page 1

There's an issue that is never far away from my conscious mind that I've been dealing with since the beginning of the pandemic, which I find necessary to revisit from time to time in order to maintain my integrity around it in what I call my "Golden Lasso" moments. That issue is the videoing of sacred ceremonies, namely the Sacred Pipe Ceremony, which, if not outright forbidden by tradition, is definitely frowned upon.

I don't want to say too much about it at this point because this blog is largely about utilizing my cartooning skills to work things out. I'll just say that recently I've had a couple people, one indigenous and one not, requesting I stop because they felt that according to tradition it was disrespectful. This comic series is not to explain or justify myself, but to honestly look at what I do and why, and to find the balance, as well as the strength and courage, to continue forward when the guidance on my Shamanic path says one thing while traditions tell me something else. 

I have written about and drawn other comics on this subject, and to see those comics you can click on the White Buffalo Calf Woman label below. Please stay tuned for the unfolding of this comic series, and, as always, thank you for reading and for sharing this journey with me! <3    

 

All Dogs Go To Heaven

It took me a long time to draw this comic through the heartbreak and grief, but one of the perks of cartooning your life is that it affords you another avenue of healing - to bring things out into the light of day rather than letting them fester unseen in the shadows, not to mention the therapeutic magick of transmuting pain into beauty. 

 Romp In Peace dear Bunny, Salama, and Teddy. ❤️

 

Eywa-Eywa-Oh!

I started this comic a week ago, just before going to Minnesota to celebrate "Second Christmas" with my family. Ironically I got a call from the store through which I rent my office space while I was on the plane about to take off to return to Seattle. Since I couldn't answer on the plane, once home I connected with them to find out that I was going to need to temporarily relocate my office back downstairs in the store because the building owner needed to replace the roof, and the only roof access is through a closet in my office. 

So today Valerie and I deconstructed my beautiful office, which I drew here, so a group of roofers can do their job over the next 4 to 6 weeks. This sudden, drastic change is par for the course with the other events of this past week, and I can only trust this inconvenience to be the initial unfolding of something grander. "Only good can come of this" and soon enough I'll be back in my 'little sliver of Sherwood."