Ta da! I met the challenge goal and did this in 5 minutes. (Well, the scribbled Micron, the neurographic drawing, and the glued prompt sticker, that is. I spent another 25 minutes having fun with acrylics, Posca pen, gel pen, and embellishing.) I used the gorgeous color palette in the prompt sticker. I’ll tell ya, that huge white space haunted me. Fill in or leave blank? It’s ALWAYS a challenge for me to know when to stop. Then I found the quote and couldn’t help myself. Very meditative session today. Enjoyed doing neurographic drawing again, as I haven’t done that in a long while. FUN!

The olive’s origin as a symbol of peace can be traced back to ancient a Greece and Rome. It not only symbolizes peace, but victory, fidelity annd strength, friendship, cleansing, light, reconciliation, and richness in different cultures and religions.  Olive  branches are found on the UN flag,  representing the organization’s dedication to maintaining world peace. The image can be found on coins, coats of arms, police patches, and badges all throughout the world. Given all of that symbolism, it seems fitting to consider the olive in these troubled times of conflict, division, and war. Peaceful  efforts to resolve issues is so very much needed.  This piece took much longer than my goal of five minutes .  I got W-A-Y carried away with painting meditative watercolored branches of olive leaves and thinking about love, peace, and resolution. “Lyrics” may as well be a permanent prompt for me because they show up in most of my journal entries, and these are ...