2020 | Trail of Hope | Eye

It was a great honour to be asked again to participate in the Eye art mini trail. This years theme is ‘hope’ and the sculptures are hares and tortoises. My mini tortoise is painted with feathers and is accompanied by the poem Hope by Emily Dickinson. In this poem, Dickinson is creating a metaphor of hope through a bird. The hope that is within the speaker is much like a bird that continues to fly inside her. While we may all experience some dark times, hope can offer some encouragement. The poem opens with the line ‘Hope is the thing with feathers.’