19 new brothers....

This past weekend, at a camp in southern Indiana, 19 courageous men went through our initiation weekend. I got to "brother dance" with them and welcome them into our community of initiated men.

I don't often talk about the work I do in New Warrior or the ManKind Project. The battles we fight are the ones within, and therefore, deeply personal. In other words, they're too personal to share on LJ.

There are men out there that I think would benefit from being in my community of men. But in my opinion, they're not hungry for it yet.

Tracking down a T-shirt design....

Many years ago, at a science fiction convention (probably Marcon), R and I bought complementary T-shirts. Mine had the sun in the center, surrounded by (in clockwise order) Herne, an Aztec warrior wearing an eagle costume, a dragon, and Osiris (or Horus) -- representations of masculine energy. (I call it the "male energy" shirt.) R's shirt had the moon in the center, surrounded by (what I remember) White Buffalo Woman and a few other representations of feminine energy. Problem is, I don't know the name of the design, or the artist, and it's nearly impossible to track down. I'd like to get another T-shirt with the same design. I've tried searching on Gogle and came up empty. I also tried OffWorld Designs -- the suspected vendor -- but it's not in their online catalog.

In case I don't get a response, I'll try taking a picture of the T-shirt design and posting it here.