BUTTERFLY SONATA
24x30 ins, acrylic. December 26, 2009. As another decade comes to a close, that beautiful, delicate, ephemeral creature looms again. We cannot hold on to a butterfly without hurting it - is maybe a lesson for many other areas in our lives. Buddhist and Christian symbols abound. "Psyche" is the Greek word for butterfly. Just as it flutters from one flower to the other, so does our "psyche" (the mind) move from one place to the other.

"I HEAR THE SONG OF THE CLOSING YEAR LIKE A FLUTE IN THE RUSTLING LEAVES. SO SMEAR YOUR WINGS WITH POLLEN'S CHRONICLE BEFORE ITS FRAGRANCE FLEES. TAKE ALL YOU CAN FROM FLOWERS THAT SUMMER HEAT WILL STREW; CRAM THE OLD YEAR'S HONEY INTO THE HIVES OF THE NEW. COME, COME; DO NOT DELAY, NEW YEAR BEES - LOOK WHAT A WEALTH OF PARTING GIFTS HAS BEEN LAID ON THE YEAR AS SHE LEAVES" - Rabindranath Tagore

On exhibit at the WOMEN'S ART SOCIETY ANNUAL ART SHOW March 20 to 24, 2010 at Ogilvy's, St. Catherine Street, Montreal.

MONTREAL WOMEN'S ART SOCIETY