"His words leapt from the page, piercing her heart like tiny arrows.."
"She was.. smitten.."
So, this is the first casting of 'Smitten'.. She is my interpretation of the power that words and language can have on human beings. As she reads, she is oblivious to the world around her, the passage of time, or her own reality..
Words have the ability to transport us, to suspend reality, and even to change us in a way that few other things can - and all without lifting a finger. We look at those little marks on a page, be it in a book or on a tablet or our phone, and our minds perform one of the true miracles of mankind.
She was cast from an original bee's wax carving, using the 5,000 year old 'lost wax' bronze casting technique by the Stevens Art Foundry in Bulverde, Texas. And she has been a HUGE learning tool for me, even though she is less than 6" tall, bless her tiny heart.
I can't say where this journey will end, but I can say I have taken a step on an unpaved path that is far less traveled than the one I have been accustomed to.. A path that seems to be limited only by my imagination, and by my time left on this earth.
"His words leapt from the page, piercing her heart like tiny arrows.."
"She was.. smitten.."
So, this is the first casting of 'Smitten'.. She is my interpretation of the power that words and language can have on human beings. As she reads, she is oblivious to the world around her, the passage of time, or her own reality..
Words have the ability to transport us, to suspend reality, and even to change us in a way that few other things can - and all without lifting a finger. We look at those little marks on a page, be it in a book or on a tablet or our phone, and our minds perform one of the true miracles of mankind.
She was cast from an original bee's wax carving, using the 5,000 year old 'lost wax' bronze casting technique by the Stevens Art Foundry in Bulverde, Texas. And she has been a HUGE learning tool for me, even though she is less than 6" tall, bless her tiny heart.
I can't say where this journey will end, but I can say I have taken a step on an unpaved path that is far less traveled than the one I have been accustomed to.. A path that seems to be limited only by my imagination, and by my time left on this earth.