…like limbs or arms, they reach and embrace,
rising from the main axis or central trunk.
Stems that extend “opposite” from
or enter into a main body or source,
like many streams flowing.
They are part of a complex body as
members are related in a family.
Ramifying further into leaves,
buds, blossoms and fruits.

The excessive increase of anything
causes a reaction in the opposite direction. Plato

“Branches”
• watercolor, digital, printed on ricepaper and mounted on canvas
• 10″ x 10″ • Lisa Rivas © 2007
Instinct must be thwarted just as one prunes the branches of a tree so that it will grow better.
Henri Matisse

This root is holding fast
providing nutrition and stability.
It is an anchor to the ground and
a force in search of water and food.

Keeping away from drought it seeks and grows.
It may crack foundations, snap waterlines
and lift sidewalks to find the water and permanence.

But it could also protect this environment by holding in our soil
and preventing it’s impoverishment by erosion.

“Roots”
• watercolor, digital, printed on ricepaper and mounted on canvas
• 10″ x 10″ • Lisa Rivas © 2007
When solving problems, dig at the roots instead of just hacking at the leaves. Anthony D’Angelo