Mary, we come to you knotted
in a hundred different ways.
Our hearts are knotted with grief and anger,
our bodies feel knotted with tension,
our minds knotted with anxiety and fear.
We ask you to gently work on those places
of tightness and holding within us,
to loosen them so gently,
so that freedom emerges slowly.
Christine Valters Painter
Service Art
Image 1: Jessica Jane Lynch, Vanderbilt
Image 2: Mike Moyers, Vanderbilt
