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Bridget Visser

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in Seattle, WA, The United States

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Bridget Visser @ToHoldtheSky

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"To Hold the Sky" is meant to be a representation of the human spirit which pulls us and calls us to reach out beyond our grasp...to hold that which is not obtainable. Society strives with expressions of "The Sky is the Limit" meaning that all possibilities and capabilities are endless in an infinite and ever changing world. We know that the ends of the Heaven's will never be in sight, it is like chasing a rainbow in the sky which you cannot touch. However, through a crystal you can light that prism of color directly onto your own skin. Instantly, what you thought you could not touch actually touches you!
I hope to be a messenger of that light and color which touches you. My poetry, photography, charcoal sketches, oil and mixed media artw "To Hold the Sky" is meant to be a representation of the human spirit which pulls us and calls us to reach out beyond our grasp...to hold that which is not obtainable. Society strives with expressions of "The Sky is the Limit" meaning that all possibilities and capabilities are endless in an infinite and ever changing world. We know that the ends of the Heaven's will never be in sight, it is like chasing a rainbow in the sky which you cannot touch. However, through a crystal you can light that prism of color directly onto your own skin. Instantly, what you thought you could not touch actually touches you!
I hope to be a messenger of that light and color which touches you. My poetry, photography, charcoal sketches, oil and mixed media artworks all have a similar vein running through them. My work focuses on life, death, prayer, gentility, fragility, distance, time, space, echoes, angels, spirituality and the elements of the natural world such as earth, wind, water and fire.
To Hold the Sky Studios is meant to make people look up to the heavens *as all poets and dreamers do. For the sky has no limit to its power, it’s majestic beauty. It’s presence is always felt wherever we may go. It is the realm of eternity which reaches onto forever and ever, it is the nest of the stars and the fulfilling of our heart’s dreams and desires. There is a piece in each of us which exists so strongly that it leaves an impression, a picture, a poem, a life * an echo , a ripple... a forever touch which can never truly burn out or fade away. These artistic thoughts are the essence of the journey of life here on earth, where we try 'To Hold the Sky'.
Some of my poetry has been published by the International Library of Poetry, Cader Publishing, Famouspoets Society, The Hollins Album, The Mc Gregor Publishing Company, The Illiad Press, The National Library of Poetry, The Amherst Society, and World Poetry Movement.

You can purchase "To Hold the Sky" - my debut collection of poetry published by sky Press on Lulu:
http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/stardus...
You can also purchase artwork on Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/ToHoldTheSky
and Fine Art America:
http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/br...

My hope for you is "To Hold the Sky." ...more

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The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci, Volume 2

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And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
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“Love seeketh not itself to please, nor for itself hath any care, but for another gives its ease, and builds a Heaven in Hell's despair.”
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