Still Life with Tulips & Pear

An impromptu artwork

FranMorelandJohns
The Shortform
Published in
May 27, 2023

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Photo by Sheelah Brennan on Unsplash

It started with just a couple of tulips from Trader Joe’s, leftovers from a larger arrangement for the coffee table.

Then I happened to set beside the vase a still-ripening pear. And suddenly I was seeing myself as the master painter I once aspired to be . . . before realizing (early on) that that was not in the cards (or the genes.)

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FranMorelandJohns
The Shortform

Lifelong newspaper & magazine writer, author, blogger at franjohns.net, agitator for justice, kindness & interfaith understanding.