This piece was inspired by the poem “A Brave and Startling Truth” by Maya Angelou, which also lends this piece it’s title. Here’s an excerpt:

When we come to it
Then we will confess that not the Pyramids
With their stones set in mysterious perfection
Nor the Gardens of Babylon
Hanging as eternal beauty
In our collective memory
Not the Grand Canyon
Kindled into delicious color
By Western sunsets

Nor the Danube, flowing its blue soul into Europe
Not the sacred peak of Mount Fuji
Stretching to the Rising Sun
Neither Father Amazon nor Mother Mississippi who, without favor,
Nurture all creatures in the depths and on the shores
These are not the only wonders of the world
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Original art. 20 x 20 inch acrylic on canvas. Price includes domestic shipping.

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