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A WOMAN WITH A BASKET

A woman with a basket
A women with no face
A women bending forward
A woman with no faith

A women with a basket
Dead flowers in her hand
Look there, right there behind you!
She doesn’t understand

Fresh flowers grow behind her
Why can’t she look behind
She cries over her flowers
Oh, please, please turn around

A women with a basket
She slowly walks away
She never saw the flowers
Her basket was in the way

A women with a basket
Standing on a quilt
A women with a basket
A basket full of guilt.

LILIANA KOHANN
©Artpeace Publishing 2001

? Is something holding you back from making a change that you know you need?

A college art class assignment was to draw the still-life set arranged in the center of the room.  While everyone was focused on the task,  I felt an unexpected pull to create something different. It was as if my soul, my spirit, was urging me to paint what I truly needed to express. So, I followed that impulse, letting my brush flow. When I finished, I found myself gazing at a drawing filled with scattered objects, and as I began to describe what I saw, a deeper understanding kept emerging. The ending hit me powerfully. It seemed to arrive out of nowhere, leaving me in awe of the power of our subconscious mind.