Twelve Spotted Dragonfly by Alison Vernon12x6, oil
I was a nurse for 17 years before I went full-time as an artist. I provided a lot of hospice care. The dragonfly is a symbol of the movement from life to death and is often used to explain death to children. The story is this: dragonfly larves lived in the murky pond. Now and then a larve would climb a grassy reed and disappear. The larves agreed to that the next one to disappear must come back to tell the others where they went. Soon, a larve climbed a reed and disappeared. When he awoke, he found himself on a lily pad with long elegant wings. He took flight into the blue sky. Later he flew over the murky pond and remebered his friends. He tried to dive down to show them his beautiful wings but, alas, he could not break through the water's surface. Away he flew into the cloudless sky...
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