This is that giddy time of year when little spirit incarnations smile from roof tops, Christmas trees, candles, greeting cards and in this photo - from my potted geranium and aspargus fern. My friend Mary made this pale, but sanguine snow angel.If you celebrate Christmas look around you. Lots of glittery, fluffy, stitched and painted smiles, eh? Hmmm. Maybe over the millenia in these dark days around the solstice, our ancestors found comfort in creating legends and myths of helpful spirits to push back the darkness and the sense of isolation that accompanies it. Just a thought, but look around you :0)
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5 comments:
I like your idea of little spirits smiling at me from unexpected places! The one you pictured is especially cute and I'd have to smile and wink back if I were to spot it.
What a sweet snow angel. Thank you for sharing it with us.
I love your explanation here, of the myths and legends that console, uplift, and sustain. Man really requires such spirit, whether in the realm of religion, nature, poetry, or art. They nourish the soul.
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