Sorrow and Cemetery Art

I'm a bit down today - that's fairly rare for me and I'm sure I'll bounce back quickly, but I am so I'm thinking about appropriate pics for today's blog while writing this. A couple of things have led to this feeling - one is that I'm between stories and even though I love doing artwork, it's a bit harder to carry along with me. I could continue working on my o-fic novel, but for some reason my head just isn't into it right now. I hope that Sunday I'll be in an art mood and can get some serious ink-work done.

The other reason is that I received a general email from a friend of many years this morning. The email was issued to a select group and informed us that she was entering hospice and was looking at about two weeks. She has been fighting a re-emergence of cancer that she beat several years earlier, but it didn't respond to treatment this time. I know when I go to Milwaukee this summer I'll look towards where her usual table would be and I'll be blinking back the tears, just as I am doing now. I'm celebrating her life because she is still with us, but I am hating the news that I know will be coming soon and I know that the world will be a darker place in a few weeks because a light will have left us.

So in honor of buried tasks and people, I think I'll concentrate on cemetery monuments for my pics today.  (For a look at the meaning of various cemetery statuary, click the link...)

This angel is hidden by the brambles, yet still keeps watch.

I loved the way this family was decorated for the
holidays. The candy cane is particularly colorful.

A while ago I had a pic of a veiled marble statue in my
blog. This cemetery mourner is outstanding.

Love this mother and child, beautifully carved and posed.

I wanted to leave on a lighter note and loved this child with the bear skin.

So, as I try to pull myself back to a bright and happy life view, I'll celebrate the artistry of these sculptors and enjoy walking through cemeteries as I always do because they are places of peace and love and excellent art. Have a good weekend...