One of our
favorite traditions when the kids were
little, was make a thermos of hot cocoa
and a run to the corner store for a
giant candy cane and head out to see the
lights. The last couple of years have
been in the back of a topless Jeep
decked out with its own Christmas lights
and holiday music playing on the stereo
while we are all wrapped up in a
blanket. Victoria Texas has a few
delightful light displays, but if you
drive out of the city to some of the
neighboring small towns, you find
Courthouse squares all lit up to delight
the tax payers. Here in Christmas at the
Courthouse, the county courthouse in
Prescott, Arizona is alive with
thousands of glistening lights. I
painted over 1800 individual lights to
recreate the wonder of it all. Like
bugs, we are all drawn to the light. In
a world that grows darker with the
passing of each year, the twinkling of
holiday lights appeals to us at a deeper
level. Our souls delight in the contrast
of light and dark - and each of us gets
to chose our place in the wonderful
display of human kind.
~ Mark Keathley
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