Upon pausing and observing the resilience and beauty
of a simple branch or of a delicate flower
nature shows us how compliant, obsequious and lithe it is.
Most branches bend readily without breaking,
nor do they become deformed or ugly.
Learn the wisdom of compromise, for it is better to bend a little than to break. Jane Wells
"Flowering"
• digital mixed with original printed on ricepaper and mounted on canvas • 10" x 10"
Lisa Rivas © 2007
Nature has a funny way of breaking what does not bend.
The appearance of a robin is considered a harbinger of spring.
It is among the first birds to sing at dawn, and its song consists of several discrete units that sound like “Cheerily, cheer up, cheer up, cheerily, cheer up”!
Another wonderful song bird is the Yellow Warbler and it’s song is a rapid musical
“Sweet-sweet-sweet-I’m-so-sweet.”
(web-eStamp) “Robin Redbreast” and “Yellow Warblers”
• archival pigment print on 100% rag paper • Lisa Rivas © 2008
The common alarm call for song birds is a musical “chip.”
“Age imprints more “wrinkles” in the mind than it does on the face.”
Michel de Montaigne (french philosopher – writer 1533-1592)
“Imprints”
Casein and colored pencil on linen • 5″ x 5″ • Lisa Rivas © 2008
Please don’t retouch my wrinkles. It took me so long to earn them. Anna Magnani
Earlier this week we honored “EARTH DAY”,
as “today“ is the “last“ Friday in April this date was assigned as the official “ARBOR DAY.”
“A day to celebrate trees”
I feel that this piece holds both observances in a nutshell!
“Eden” • digital mixed with original printed on ricepaper and mounted on canvas • 10″ x 10″ Lisa Rivas ©
Arbor Day is an excellent date to “Plant a Tree!”
The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources. Albert Einstein
Sometimes, You Just Gotta Make Mud Pies
The "simple mud pies" a child's fabrication have just entered the sophisticated arena of the World Wide Web-eStamps prints.
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(web-eStamp) "Mud Pies II" and "Mud Pies III"
• archival pigment print on 100% rag paper • Lisa Rivas © 2008
Children learn through the experiences they have when they play, without being taught.
