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We talk of our mastery of nature,
which sounds very grand;
but the fact is we respectfully
"adapt ourselves", first to her ways.
Clarence Day
original painting – private collection – Boca Raton, FL – USA - "…neither Fish nor Fowl"
watercolor, wax, ricepaper, glazed • 30"H x 72"W • © Lisa Rivas
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Adaptability is not imitation. It means power of resistance and assimilation. Mahatma Gandhi
Arrange whatever pieces come your way. ~ Virginia Woolf
Arising at the crack of dawn, so very very early,
it was then that I saw DayBreak's sudden peek!
As a thin wedge of light spreading for miles,
it then awakened so many songs with it's smile…
Lisa Rivas
original painting – artist collection – Nashville, TN – USA - "DeLight"
watercolor, wax, ricepaper, glazed • 24"H x 24"W • © Lisa Rivas
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The cradle rocks above an abyss, and common sense tells us that our existence
is but a brief crack of light between two eternities of darkness. Vladimir Nabokov
However long the night, the dawn will break. ~ African Proverb
…straight, strong and tall support the tender, soft and beautiful.
For it is the style in the "Mundo Vegetal".
A realm so full and sustaining, the source of abundance and well being.
Petals paper thin are meticulously arranged crowning the heads of these pillars.
Called "corollas" (little crowns) they open and unfold presenting,
a splendid offering of scents, hues and colors plus
an amazing golden possibility…
"Petal"
• digital mixed with original printed on ricepaper and mounted on canvas • 10" x 10"
The earth is at the same time mother,
she is mother of all that is natural,
mother of all that is human.
She is the mother of all,
for contained in her are the seeds of all.
Hildegard of Bingen (German abbess, 1098 – 1179)
This piece was inspired from a wonderful “photo” of Julie’s at A Succulent Life
“Mother of Thousands” (Kalanchoe diagremontiana) reproduces by producing tiny plantlets that drop from the edges of its leaves, it has lost the ability to make viable seeds. This succulent has shifted some of the genetic processes that make seeds to it’s leaves.
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Never allow anyone to rain on your parade
and thus cast a pall of gloom and defeat on your entire day. Og Mandino
SPINES ARE EVOLVED LEAVES TO PROTECT THE PLANT AND REDUCE WATER LOSS, THEY ARE NOT THORNS.
MEN ARE LIKE TREES: EACH ONE MUST PUT FORTH THE LEAF THAT IS CREATED IN HIM. Henry Ward Becher