Paint dazzled paddles flash a cultural richness into a woodworking studio. The rush for gold blazed a highway through the forest in record time.  The rush for gold buried construction crews along the highway.  Taxes and Imperial fees buried the new highway leaving Paraty as a heritage site and its rich cultural history in a barrel of painted paddles.

The coloured doorways and the cobblestone streets speak to both history and artistry.  The vanishing vista reflects sunlight.  The shadows and the clouds dance.  Parallel lines meeting in some infinite future forecasts possibility.  There, two children playing together.  If you can’t see them, pray that you can see them and they will learn to play soon.

The traditional art is reflected in the chef’s rending of an edible miniature pumpkin created using an edible pea tip as a stem!

Looking around town there are paddles of hope. Perspectives leading forward. Delicate moments of promise. And in doorways the scars worn by history, floods, and years of tears.