She is life itself. She radiates liveliness, youth, intelligence. She is a symbol of expansion through knowledge and (pro)creation. There is a fleeting desire to reach her, to paint her.
‘When I was a child in my home town there was a tradition to decorate homes with grass, cut flowers and tree branches before Trinity Sunday. This tradition originates from the pagan holiday Semik when funeral rites were held for those who had died before their time. It was mainly a holiday for women and girls, who were coming of age together and could support each other in their grief.’
