July 25, 2005
Volume 1 - Number 143
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TODAY'S PHOTO -
living coral in an aquarium tank

Our two grandsons who live in Macon, GA are visiting with their parents. Yesterday we went to the Museum of Science and Discovery in Fort Lauderdale. I was sitting talking with my daughter-in-law as Jack, age 6, was climbing in a play area, when Will, age 9, came over, grabbed my arm and said, "Come here, Grandmom!" He guided me over to fish tanks, their focus being "Coral Reef Ecology"

I got totally caught up in the colors, textures and movement of the coral and the fish that were swimming amidst it all. Amongst other live treasures, there was a fish with luminescent eyes and another whose fins and tail looked like sea scallops.

When I ran a slide show of the photos I had taken I was particularly drawn to the coral photo above. What's calling to me are the overall purples and golds, along with the movement of the almost central coral. I feel the energy and yet a sense of overall peace.

(Coral, as described on the signage - "Each sac-shaped coral is a small animal with a mouth that receives food through stinging tentacles which capture small plants and animals. The tentacles are host to, and provide protection for algae called zooxanthellae which supply coral with oxygen and food to grow their skeleton.")

SELF-REFLECTING QUERIES -
 Years ago, bits of coral washed up onto Hollywood Beach in Florida were a huge pull for me when I visited my parents. As always it was the color and texture that had me stop and pick up what I saw.

Some of what I collected became subjects for water color paintings (see FANTASY SEASCAPES), which then became the basis for my Master's Degree in Creative Arts Education from Rutgers University.

To what colors and textures do you most respond? How can you use and preserve them to provide you with energy and peace?

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