We adored the way we felt with the countless strands of beads swinging around our necks, the balanced bowls of fresh fruit on the tops of our heads and being bare foot in our loosely wrapped surrongs. Breathing in the smells of the tropics, we felt like sweet candy. We enjoyed going boating, paddling for our excercise. We cherished viewing every tone of the ocean's waters, as we got deeper and further out. We longed to arrive at the Forbidden Island, where story had it that there were mounds of snook, enough for villages of people. We paddled strong and hard. Sweat poured down our faces. We began seeing several small snook in the nearby marshes, munching on cope pods and mysids. Hildi grabbed a piece of fruit from the top of her head and bit into it. Simultaneously, she noticed the larger snook were eating shrimp and other little fish. She begged Luesa and the others to halt there for a bit and watch them feed. They admired the silver grey blends of the fish, with their slim, elongated bodies. Rio de Janeiro was quite a wonderful place for these uncomplicated, smooth, free dancing fish to conjugate. Hildi was eager to wrap some of her colorful beads around a few of the snooks necks to see what kind of magic would occur. Of course she refrained herself, though she imagined these fish on land with them, eating slices of their fruits, drinking their coconut milk and floating around gracefully in circles on their fins and tails. She wondered what kind of celebration the Forbidden Island held.
~Written by Jennifer Afia
"Snook", original acrylic measuring 24" X 48". Price: $295.00. For more information on purchasing this painting, please contact me at dimarzos@aol.com.
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Jennifer Alfia
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