Creating something New from something Old

is an art, a skill, a pragmatic passion that fills my heart and mind with joy.

Here, I employ cuts to rearrange change

so nothing is lost and there’s gain in transforming what I still value

from what others may toss as loss-

an acrylic painting becomes a mosaic in process.

Each piece is different, not the same, like snowflakes and people, even ‘look alikes’,

so when I really look, examine, I realize what (like who) looks the same, isn’t.

Life is full of differences and similarities

even in global commonalities and ambitions,

even in local structures and systems,

even in neighbouring nations and cultures.

My humble mosaic inspires my thoughts as I playfully create my art.

Love of Life guides me, inspires me with more Love

to bring out the best in me and so, I Do,

by creating and recreating myself anew.

(February 14, 2025- Shelley A. Wilson)