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on specific figures or details. The artist goes beyond the camera.editing Life and presenting it with

persona] style.

On the other hand, the artist may choose not to show the event at all. but rather the reaction that has

The visit of the Pope touched most of us in some way. Nearly all of us saw him or his image. Whether or not we revere the man as "His Holiness” we are each nonetheless confronted by the good he symbolizes. In our busy, worldly lives, a flash such as this does much to inspire us even for a moment, which is all it takes for one spark to

ignite us.

been triggered in her own mind...Thu artist chose the image of a seed-pod of a marshmallow, that dramatic plant which

An Artist reacts directly with an image of her own. The image may seek to illustrate the event that brought about the inspiration. In this case, the event might be pictured as a presentation, procession, or ritual with setting, characters, and gestures. Or certain elements might be sifted out while focusing

grows in low-tying areas (such as along the creek at the Avalon exit of the Parkway), and blooms a large hybUcus-like flower in late summer. When closed, the pod resembles an elf’s helmet, or perhaps a pontifical head. As it splits and bursts open it reveals a cavernous interior vaulted by a

spiraling star of whit^ luminous fibers, cushioning the hanging Within this tiny, fivesided dome are elements of design which would feed an artist for a lifetime. The pattern of the star recurs in Nature. To the ancient Greeks it was the source of the Divine proportion, the ultimate harmonious relationship. The star, symbol of honor, nothing less on which to present the seed. The seed, a secret sphere, appearing round and hard, Otats all ; no hint at the potential within. The painting of this pod, then, becomes more than the study of its appearance. There are also implications. By enlarging the pod twenty^ times its size onto the cahvas, and by running it through her own hand, the artist hopes to reveal not only its structure, but also through impact and interpretation, its meaning, which might never be noticed as a small dried pod, hanging on a branch by the side of the road.

Dessert Card Party CAPE MAY - The Women's Community Club of Cape May, will sponr a Dessert Card Party and >ngo, Thursday, Oct. 25, at 'T2:30 p.m. at the Community Center, Lafayette and Banks Sts., Cape May. Players are requested to bring their own cards. Members are asked to bring gifts for door prizes. Donation is $1.50 at the door. The public is invited.

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