The dance resounded with music and sounds of merriment.
There existed a lively atmosphere of convivial gaiety
that turned into a feast, cheerful in mirth and laughter.
Lisa Rivas © 2008 • FEST
IF • Punchline
“An attempt at visualizing the "Fourth Dimension":
Take a point, stretch it into a line, curl it into a circle, twist it into a sphere,
and punch through the sphere.” Albert Einstein
"Perhaps" and "Haven"
Casein and colored pencil on linen • 5" x 5" ea. • Lisa Rivas © 2008
Legend of the Dogwood,
As legend has it:
The cross on which Jesus was crucified was constructed of dogwood.
This greatly distressed the “Dogwood Tree”, so God then decreed from that day forth, that the dogwood would never grow large enough to be used to make a cross. Henceforth, it shall be small, slender, bent and twisted.
It’s blossoms shall be in the form of a cross each bearing a rusty indentation as of a nail. In the center of the flower, stained with blood, will be a crown of thorns, so that all who see it will “remember.”
Flowering dogwood branch (Cornus florida)
Illustration • Lisa Rivas © 2008
Dogwood is so named from the “dags” (skewers) being made of it. It’s wood is exceedingly hard and serviceable for many utilitarian purposes.
Steadfast & firm,
The view of one simple thin stem,
with a solid base rooted deep-down in the soil,
is of one strong and up-right foundation
suitable for more growth.
It will branch out and reach with slender arms,
to offer young, tender sprouts to the sky.
These also will develop to become stronger and
then transform into shelters and homes
to many of the small creatures of our world.
Lisa Rivas
"Grounded"
• watercolor, digital, printed on ricepaper and mounted on canvas
• 10" x 10" • Lisa Rivas © 2007
For all true love is grounded on esteem. George Villiers
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