"PUZZLING"
I HAD A DREAM.
I WAS WITNESSING A GROUP OF MOUNTAIN GORILLAS. THEY WERE SAD AND FRIGHTENED, KNOWING THAT SOON THEY WOULD HAVE TO LEAVE
THEIR BELOVED MOUNTAIN HOME. THE LOGGERS AND FARMERS WERE SETTING FIRES AGAIN. THIS TIME, THE FLAMES AND SMOKE
CAME CLOSER, MAKING THEIR NOSTRILS FLAIR AND SWELL WITH ANGER. THE MOTHERS TRIED TO SHIELD AND COMFORT THE YOUNG ONES,
BUT, THE BABIES KNEW THAT SOMETHING WAS TERRIBLY WRONG.
AT THAT POINT, MY
DREAM CHANGED. I WAS OBSERVING THE FIRES THROUGH THE FARMERS EYES, FROM HIS LOFTY POINT OF VIEW. HIS LAND, HIS
FIRE AND HIS RIGHT TO MAKE A LIVING OFF OF HIS LAND.
THE CONSERVATIONISTS
PRESENTED THIS PUZZLE TO HIM WITH GREAT CEREMONY. HE FOUND THIS PUZZLE TO BE FRUSTRATING AND DEFECTIVE. THIS LAST
PIECE THAT HE HELD IN HIS HAND WOULD, JUST, NOT FIT INTO HIS AMBITIOUS ENDEAVORS.
WHEN
I WAKED FROM MY DREAM, STILL SO VIVID WERE THE IMAGES I HAD SEEN, THAT I KNEW, I MUST PAINT THIS DREAM. THE RESULT IS
MY PAINTING CALLED, "PUZZLING"
JAN LEE LUMKIN
PLEASE HELP SAVE OUR GREAT RAIN-FORESTS
