All women are extraordinary, each of us born to mother nature with an inner grace and persona that is often suppressed by the society we join. Shine faintly is a feminist concept – it is an expression of all that a woman can represent. In this case she shines faintly so as not to blind us with her light– but her life fragments all that it touches.

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An embrace of the frailty and beauty of life. Glass butterflies depict the delicacy of nature and the brevity of existence. The soft lace fabric, like the wings of the butterflies, provides a fragile wrap for a vulnerable feminine figure looking perhaps for a chance for the freedom to fly away from all that may hold her back in life. There is hope, longing, solace and, of course, inspiration.

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Surrounded by the words and thoughts of so many there is stillness in the innocence of truth. Impassive and impenetrable, she confesses to all and confesses to nothing.

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“There is no limit to what we, as women, can accomplish.” Michelle Obama

You cannot contain the strength and responsibility of womanhood. Despite all that the world does to limit, hamper or control the rights and actions of women, there is nothing that can suppress the feminist spirit or diminish the pride that all women should feel. We should all proclaim with one voice….’I am freedom’.

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Behold the innocence of beauty and the depth of wisdom that reflects womanhood. There is an organic abstract movement to depict creation and the ebb and flow of life. Red, gold and yellow are elemental, and the calm serenity of silence gives an answer to all life’s challenges.

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We need to reshape our own perception of how we view ourselves. We have to step up as women and take the lead’ Beyonce.

Throughout the generations women have had to cope with social norms and yet fight to embrace the opportunities that their struggle has delivered them towards. We change and change yet again but still retain the essence of our existence. That is what we embrace.

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All of us have secrets, fears, concerns and beliefs that we hold below the surface and seldom reveal to others, even those close to us. With all that a person’s history can carry it is difficult to find the courage to surface and reveal your inner self. Here the water reflects the source of all life, the bare face reflects the inner soul and the strokes of red both define the risks and echo the warmth that you hope is waiting as you surface.

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No matter how we are defined we have always been and always will be the conduit for science and nature. There is a unity that is elemental in our souls and our world will always be a better place if we are entrusted with its nurture. Of course, we are woman.

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There is no easy way to describe your inner self or the feeling of freedom your inner spirit can give you. From the outside you appear as you look. Deep Feeling represents the unlimited and uplifting sensation that can engulf you. An effortless and limitless floatation of form and an immediate escape from the reality of the outside world.

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If you look for mother nature you will see the autumnal hues that foretell the shedding of leaves. If you look closely, you will see a hint of new life. With eyes open to the sadness of loss there is yet light shining through, and re-birth is still an opportunity.

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In nature turning towards the light is deemed heliotropic and the heliotrope plant itself ranges from red through to white with mauve as the default shade. Is this a vision at night, or a reflection of our own night-vision? Here is a hint of nature all so slightly unnatural yet still a vision of beauty.

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With more than 20,000 species of butterfly it is almost impossible to capture their beauty and spectacle of color. They have such short lives but when they are with us, they are the kaleidoscope of life and a symbol of our own emotions. Our own beauty is but a poor reflection of nature’s gift.

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We all seek the light and need the heat of the sun. Like butterflies we each find ourselves enraptured by the flames as we flutter through life and as they, we repeat the journey over and over again.

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Resplendent in her own mantle of nature here is a queen for all life. There is pride and there is wisdom. There is dignity and there is fortitude. There is strength and there is serenity. The title doesn’t just refer to the head – it refers to the action.

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Someone once said that if butterflies could see their own wings, they would see how truly beautiful they are. Sometimes people are like that as well. Often, we need to change perspective, change the way we look at things so that the things we look at can change.

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