PHOENIX RISING

Fire - a natural method that Nature uses to begin again - thin out where it is overgrown - to become healthier. Through the smoke of devastation it is difficult to see what will rise out of the ashes, but difficulties always present an opportunity to become even better than before - just like the mythical Phoenix.

The original illustration is 6.5"x8.5" and was rendered in airbrush, pen and ink, and colored pencil.
This poem is on the back of the notecards is:

Devastation of fire.
Eerie calm.
Gentle stirring in the ashes
becomes a cacophony of possibilities.
Potential unfolds.
Life begins anew...