The Birth of Your Drum
Commission A Shamanic Drum!
Take a look (left) at some of the sacred drums in "The TVD Hall of Frames."I can make a drum especially for you. I will consult with you from start to finish and make sure every detail is covered and to your exacting heart's desire. I can even make your drum from a tree that you may own and need to chop down due to a lightning strike! Just give me a call (270/766-1469) and we can start right away!
It Starts With A Blinding Flash
A lightning bolt can deliver up to a BILLION volts of electricity in the blink of an eye. When this energy hits a tree, it can obliterate the hardest of woods and blow a tree to splinters, clear down to the roots.
When a bolt hit a silver maple tree in my yard many years ago, it more or less spared most of the wood, but its dagger-like electricity pierced to the roots and led to a four-year decline and eventual death of the tree. You can see in this cross-cut section (right) many of the wounds inflicted. The most intense part of the strike burned a ragged path into the hard outer rim of the maple, but stopped only a few inches further down the tree, as shown in the next photo (below).
The strike's laser-like energy stopped at this point in the tree, as the bottom of the cross section shows only a few holes, compared to the opposite side (above). (Please note, the yellow cast in the photo at left is not the actual color.)
While it's hard to see in these photos, the heartwood was riddled by the coursing electricity (which appear as white/pale yellow streaks), thereby "cooking" the wood around it and making its consistency something like cork. This greatly reduced the transport of water and minerals upward through the tree, leading to its long decline and passing.
Such is the Great Circle, birthing, dying, birthing. And in the case of this silver maple tree, there was an ending...and a beginning.
With a lot of love and a long journey, some of it came to be...
The Tree of Life Drum
This exquisite drum is the lightest I've ever made, and it sounds wonderful. So many innovations, including a hidden groove for sweet grass around the edge, lilac tie-downs, thoroughly Celtic and Kabbalah themed, a special stand, and all in a drum that is only slightly more than an inch thick!
A drum was born.
And I would love to be midwife for a drum for you, too!
Aho & Namaste,
Bob
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