A Moment With My Thoughts

Certain cultures believe there are four stages in a woman's life: birth (represented by the infant), toddler (peering inquisitively over the rocks and leaves), young maiden (reading a book as she lounges quietly by herself in the rays of the sun), and old Crone (blossoming into Morning Glory flowers).

Women appear in two forms: strong and warrior-like or soft and virginal such as is represented by the Unicorn that fables claim can only be caught by a virgin.

As our present-day young lady journals about her past, present, and future, the visions of all women, and all stages of her life, appear around her.

Symbols of nature appear in this work of art. Butterflies represent metamorphosis or change and the hummingbird draws the sweet nectar of knowledge and experience from the lips of the Crone.