Tonight while sitting on the deck, dipping into a bowl of freshly cut watermelon, childhood memories started flowing through my mind. I had painted earlier in the day and I began to look a little deeper into what I had been working on. One of the pieces had an element of a turtle holding a dandelion in his mouth, the dandelion having gone to seed and just waiting for someone to blow on it and send their wishes to the Universe. I started thinking about how we are taught at an early age to Wish ...blow out the candles and "wish"...blow on the dandelion and "wish"..rub the genie lamp and "wish", and above all "don't tell anyone your wish". While I like the concept of teaching a child to "dream" and "wish" and that anything is possible , I began to think about the act in itself and how it contradicts what we are taught as adults. As adults we are taught that we need to be more proactive in our dreams and desires, t...
Contemporary Folk Art and Spirit Dolls from the Blue Ridge Mountains by Jeanne Fry