Man is like a breath; his days are like a fleeting shadow. Bible
"Highway Storm"
• watercolor, wax, handmade paper and sewn! • 18"H x 13"W • © Lisa Rivas
There is a road, no simple highway,
between the dawn and the dark of night,
and if you go, no one may follow,
that path is for your steps alone.
Jerry Garcia
Legend says the Century Plant takes “100 years” to bloom! However, century plants in cultivation may bloom much quicker, an average of 25 years. The flower spike, grows at the incredible rate of 5–6 inches per day and can reach heights of 30 to 35 feet. This bloom grows so fast that it saps all the resources of the plant, which then dies, leaving a tall wooden seed stalk. It blooms only once in its lifetime.
Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present. Albert Camus
Century Petals • sketch – digital • Lisa Rivas © 2009
The Century Plant or the Maguey (Agave Americana) is a succulent, not a cacti. It is an important plant to indigenous people, being used for
medicines, fiber, needles, and food. Also used commercially in Mexico
to produce the liquors of pulque and mezcal.
• Tequila is made from
another type of agave – (Agave Azul / Blue Agave.)
The value of a man resides in what he gives and not in what he is capable of receiving.
Albert Einstein
o
In this
first heaven
of knowing,
o
the flesh
takes on the
pure poise
of the spirit.
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Theodore
Roethke
original painting – private collection – Nashville, TN – USA – "Odalisque"
watercolor, wax, rice paper, quilted • 36"H x 54"W • © Lisa Rivas
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In the poise of intuitive balance,
death is destroyed upon entering the Sanctuary of the True One.
Sri Guru Granth Sahib (Holy Scripture of the Sikhs)
Do you wish the world were happy?
Then remember day by day
just to scatter seeds of kindness
as you pass along the way ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (American poet and writer 1850-1919)
• 10" x 10" • © Lisa Rivas • "La Bruma"
• watercolor, digital, printed on ricepaper and mounted on canvas
There are no rules of architecture for a castle in the clouds.
G. K. Chesterton
It is the job that is never started that takes longest to finish.
J.R.R. Tolkien
I painted 2 different pieces ÷ (divided) ea. into 2 groups = odd strips / even strips,
or – (subtracted) the odd strips or the even strips from each painting!
Then I + (added) the even #s (numbers) with the even #s (numbers) for 1 painting,
also I + (added) the odd #s (numbers) with the odd #s (numbers) for 2nd painting.
I ended up = with 2 similar paintings = they went to 2 different art collections!
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original painting – corporate collection – Boston, MA – USA – "Translation"
watercolor, wax, rice paper, foil, quilted • 39"H x 31"W • © Lisa Rivas
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Result = ½ half of each image has been "subtracted" from this final piece!
Math can be confusing or tricky at times and one can lose tract easily of something.
No legacy is so rich as honesty. William Shakespeare
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The abacus, also called a counting frame, is a calculating tool used primarily in parts of Asia for performing arithmetic processes. It is still widely used by merchants, traders and clerks in Asia, Africa, and elsewhere. Many blind people find this number machine a very useful tool throughout life.
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"Nowruz" marks the first day of spring and the New Year in the Iranian calendar.
It is celebrated on the day of the astronomical vernal equinox, which usually occurs on March 21 or the previous/following day depending on where it is observed.