Aerial Elegance
by Bill and Linda Tiepelman
Title
Aerial Elegance
Artist
Bill and Linda Tiepelman
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photograph
Description
In the Garden of Zephyrus, where the air itself hummed with life, there fluttered a creature so resplendent it seemed a fragment of the sky had taken flight. Azura, the hummingbird, was unlike any other, with feathers that shifted through every color known and unknown to the world. It was said that to gaze upon Azura was to witness the very soul of nature.
She danced through the garden, tracing the path of the wind, and wherever she flew, the flowers bloomed more vividly, infused with the magic of her colors. The garden was a canvas, and Azura, the artist's brush, painted with strokes of her whimsical wings.
A young boy, Elian, often watched from the shadows of the great oaks, longing to capture such beauty on his canvas. But each time he tried, the result fell short of Azura’s brilliance. One twilight, as the hues of dusk painted the world in a softer light, Elian approached the hummingbird with a humble heart.
"Teach me," he implored, "how to hold beauty as you do, so freely yet so fully."
Azura, in her boundless grace, whispered the secret that hummed within her tiny beating heart. "True beauty," she chimed, "cannot be held or captured. It must be felt, lived, and appreciated. It is ever fleeting, like the colors of the sunset, like the flight of a hummingbird."
Elian understood. He put away his brushes and watched as Azura danced until the stars woke up to watch her too. The boy learned to see not just with his eyes, but with his soul. And in his heart, he painted masterpieces greater than any canvas could hold.
For in the fleeting beauty of Azura's flight, Elian found a maxim to carry through life: "Beauty is not possessed by those who seek to capture it, but by those who learn to dance with it in the moment.
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November 19th, 2023
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