Water Sign

Allison Nicolosi-Risinger

Art Submission

“I strive to be like water. I imagine that I am a river that touches everything in the world—always exploring. The world is challenging all of us to ask ourselves what is essential and how we can face adversity […] Creating this piece was an exercise in flow and an attempt to create some peace for myself because it is hard to get that externally right now. I chose the subject of water because of the spiritual significance I take from it. In my life, I have gotten trapped in concepts of rigidity, and I’ve noticed that the world can cause people to become inflexible so they can create order in life. Water is the source of life, even if we take it for granted. Simple and impermanent, it sustains everything and can be found everywhere, and it comforts me to think of its life cycle and its role in my life.”

“Water is the softest and most yielding substance. Yet nothing is better than water for overcoming the hard and rigid because nothing can compete with it”

-Lao Tzu