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| "St. Francis in the Canyon" by Ginny Moss Rothwell*** |
- Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.
- Where there is hatred, let me sow love.
- Where there is injury, pardon.
- Where there is doubt, faith.
- Where there is despair, hope.
- Where there is darkness, light.
- Where there is sadness, joy.
- O Divine Master,
- grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled, as to console;
- to be understood, as to understand;
- to be loved, as to love.
- For it is in giving that we receive.
- It is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
- and it is in dying that we are born to Eternal Life.
- Amen.
***“ST. FRANCIS IN THE CANYON”
St. Francis lived his life with joy and appreciation for all
things created. I had an artistic vision of St. Francis surrounded by the
animals and birds of the desert Southwest. I wanted to show the calm and peace
the animals might feel while in the presence of Francis. The beautiful Sabino
Canyon and the blue Arizona sky are the background of my mosaic. The tiles have
the texture of rock and vegetation.
I painted the tiles of my birds and my lizard “Marco” using
my photographs. They are frequent visitors to my garden. My inspiration for the
Bobcats and the Coyote were from amazing wildlife photos by Sam Angevine, www.samangevine.com.
He has allowed me to use his images for my models. The roadrunners in the
foreground, “Bella” and “Edward”, are feathered friends of artist Geri
Niedermiller, http://gekkosworkshop.5thelement.com .
Ginny Moss Rothwell
