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		Christine Anne
		the waiting series
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	She said, "Come behind the curtain of flowers with me.": 40cm wide x 80cm tall , miixed media on canvas   She came from the street she seemed hard and cold with a sharp tongue that could pierce your heart and see through your soul. Often she felt sorry for what she said but protecting herself was more important. She learned the ways of the world the hard way. New the good people from the bad and one day she took a walk through the park and met a mean who continued to stare at her in the eyes. He said his name was Adam Grahm and she asked “What do you want?” He replied simply and smoothly,” to kill you.” He chased her through the park, the ally but she ducked into an old apartment house and locked the door and waited him out while watching his shadows dance in place under the old ally lamp just behind her roof top apartment. But he did kill her, at least a part of her. She made a decision never to be a hard cold serpent again as it did never really protect her from harm. She lavished herself in metaphoric flowers and kept her secrets to share with those she loved tenderly behind her curtain of flowers.