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Woodul, Espiritu
Ascendente (Ascending Spirit), 2007,
charcoal on Rives BFK, 16 x 26 inches (40.6 x 66 cm)
Espiritu Ascendente
This piece is dedicated to my
granddaughter Pao who as some of you know, left us two years ago
at age five. She was born brain damaged and was deprived of
verbal communication and voluntary movement but she had the
capability of offering a smile with a radiance I have never seen
in anyone else.
This smile, like her giggles would make me feel and understand
how such a simple action could give you moments of complete
happiness. No other smile has ever been the same.
The flower symbolizes her as I think she left us that day,
radiant and turning to a light that only she was capable of
seeing. The lace is characteristic of her fragility, beauty and
her Latin heritage. The cloth is the baby sheet she spent many
hours on in my house when she was brought to visit me
frequently. I can feel her sweet angelic smile as I have worked
on this and now that I am posting it.
I have chosen a Spanish title that translated means, Ascending
Spirit. Spanish because, as the lace, reflects her Latin
heritage and I think it is the title that best describes this
piece. The flower, her symbol, has a slight turn upward as if it
were lifting itself from the sheet to the light that guides the
Spirit.
I thank Michael Newberry from the bottom of my heart for this
unforgettable experience that at times was difficult, as he said
it would be, but most of the time I had the pleasure of feeling
her presence.
Mary Woodul |
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