April Rose

A rose that will never wilt or need to be watered. O! be some other name: What's in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet: William Shakespeare "Romeo & Juliet" A rose is a rose by any other name! There are those who only feel the thorns and not the beauty of a rose. A rose reminds me of this and reminds me to keep a positive attitude. To me the rose is a symbol of life, life that can be only as good as I make it. Whenever I paint flowers, the magic of nature springs forth; comes to mind. Roses last but a short while; to fade, fall, to die, too bloom again in the coming spring. Existence, life, the mystery surrounds us all; look, take time and smell the roses! There's a mystery to be revealed within the rose: Revealed for those who grow, flower and blossom, like the rose.