"We think too small,
like the frog at the bottom of the well.
He thinks the sky is only as big as the top of the well.
If he surfaced, he would have an entirely different view."
Mao Tse-Tung
Lisa Rivas © 2008 • Frog Bugs?
Alegria’s birth…
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.
Main reasons…
… to be the web-eStamp "1"
because by using the WWW and E-MAILS (electronic mail):
• We "SAVE TREES" and "natural resources."
• It is an excellent means of communication: a way to express and create!
• We use it to transmit and share with others, exchanging interests, appreciations and concerns.
• It keeps us informed and connected as a human race thus helping to keep WORLD PEACE.
"Go Green and Express"
• archival pigment print on 100% rag paper • size variable
The advent of electronic mail is fostering a revival of "the familiar letter."
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