We came to an open door. It looked like a little art gallery. I went past at first - feeling a little shy to go inside. My brave self decided to go back and in I went. I was drawn by these three paintings on the wall. It was the colors that drew me in - pinks, oranges, reds and yellows.
I was met by this woman - Odile Bource. I liked her at once. You know how some people you just connect with on a heart level and you don't know why. That's how it was. I liked her (Melena later said, "Mom, she could have been your friend").
Her english was better then my french - but not by much. She told me about the picture she was painting and how she was born in Vannes on the coast, but was offered this studio space for inexpensive and so she is now artist in residence in Lizio.
She had some copies of prints. I was looking to see if she had some of the images that I was drawn to. She didn't. I asked the price of the original. It was way out of my ability to pay. I told her this in my pidgin french. She cut her price in half.
Of couse I bought it. The painting is of her cat sitting on a book, surrounded by the most beautiful colors and flowers. She told me how her cat had died this past April. We both started crying. Then we would look at each other and start laughing, then crying again. It must have been a comical sight, hugging, kissing, crying, laughing and doing it all again.
It was hard for both of us to part - we kept holding each other. Our hearts truely met. She told me how she creates from her heart. She kept telling me "It was a very good meeting" - I felt the same. It was amazing. Our hearts connected. Hard to really describe in words.
So now I am bringing this painting home.
I am still smiling.
Signing out as "an ancient intergalactic spirital tidal wave of love and energy having a human experience"
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