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The Snowflake Painting

MOTHER EARTH'S SNOWFLAKES AND THEIR STORY The 3 foot x 8 foot Snowflake painting was the culmination of the sold -out Cascade Journey Series, in which 32 paintings of clouds, mountains, rivers, rocks, and trees, became many views of mother earth in repose. At rest, beneath the snowflakes she is dreaming of life's creations that live upon her mountains and within her forests, rivers and bodies of water. I put life's seasons into words and the words rain down upon mother nature's form. The story of snowflakes into a Living Script form was relief Acrylic painted, as a remembrance to honor and care for her. The poem reads as follows: top to bottom, and left to right.

SURELY THE SNOWFLAKES ARE LOVELY IMAGES OF LOVE SNOWFLAKES WHITE FLOATING BY THE WINDOW LIKE COUNTLESS STARS BRINGING GIFTS TO EARTH EACH LOVELY SNOWFLAKE A JEWEL TO BEHOLD A SPECIAL MOMENT AND A SPECIAL MESSAGE WHEN IT TOUCHES THE RECEPTIVE EARTH TO WHICH ALWAYS IS ITS JOURNEY'S END THE EARTH EMBRACING IT WHEREVER IT FALLS AND THE VAPOR THAT ASCENDS INTO THE HEAVENS TO CREATE THE SNOW IS NOW RETURNING TO EMBRACE THAT WHICH GIVES IT EXISTENCE THE WINTER SNOWFIELDS OF INFINITE EMBRACES GREET THE LIVING SUN TO MELT IT BACK INTO THE RECEPTIVE EARTH AND THE EARTH SHALL RECEIVE IT AND WITH IT GIVE LIFE ONCE AGAIN AND AGAIN A SPECIAL MOMENT A JEWEL TO BEHOLD EACH LOVELY SNOWFLAKE BRINGING GIFTS TO EARTH LIKE COUNTLESS STARS FLOATING BY THE WINDOW SNOW FLAKES WHITE LOVELY IMAGE OF LOVE SURELY THE SNOWFLAKES ARE...