Falling Stars

I painted "Falling Stars", because as humans we love the concept of seeing a falling star and making a wish. When I was little, I used to be frightened of falling stars, because I remember a story that was often told at church (I was a Seventh Day Adventist), where there was a period in time when millions of stars were to have fallen from the sky. It was a prophetic symbol of that time on earth was soon to be over. As a child, you don't want the earth to end, because you were just born and enjoy being alive.



So, everytime, I would see a star fall, I would panic in thinking that all the stars were about to fall agian and that the earth would end (funny how religions can affect a child's psyche). Anyways, now as an adult, I love falling stars.



When I moved to Nuevo and I wondered if I had made the right decision. I was looking up at the black sky full of stars above me on the night I first moved here and a star fell. I felt that God was telling me, I was in the right place.



I often ask myself, do the stars dissolve or do they land? I used to think their remnants used to land in some remote place and that is why we could never figure out where they landed. My painting "Falling Stars" depicts the stars landing in the desert.



I put numerous falling stars, because I am a dreamer and I like to wish upon stars!! :)