Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Stop and take a look

This beautiful mural was painted some years ago. I caught a glimpse of the man who lovingly painted it while I was driving past it. I never saw him again and there was no mention of who he was anywhere and there was no publicity about this painting that always perked me up when I see it. After so many years of being exposed to rain and shine, the painting looks like it needs some touching up. I wonder how many people really look at the animals that have been painted so realistically and devote a few seconds of their time to admire it or to point out to their kids the different creatures on the wall to interest them in nature.

I will not be surprised if one day this painting is gone forever. It is only a painting, imagine that the polar bears, the kingfishers,the fox, the duck and others disappear from the face of this earth. Do we care?

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