Symbolism No. 5 Canvas Print

A more colorful version of my Indomitable Spirit, thus titled Symbolism No. 5. This is a great piece for a throw pillow, tote bag, travel pouch, or a large framed photograph. I think it would look amazing as either a canvas image or acrylic. For the coffee drinkers, you'd have the coolest looking mug in the office.

Everyone needs a once in a lifetime experience. You know the kind. One that leaves a lasting impression and even changes how you look at life, how you look at your surroundings. I wrote that in a book I published in 2009, "Riding the Chisholm Trail: Once in a Lifetime" after I had that experience that changed the way I looked at the world around me. Now 10 years later, that single day and the two years it took me to edit the images and write the stories in that book, I realize it continues to impact me. It's given me a new appreciation of our country's history and what it took for our pioneers, my ancestors, to forge what we now enjoy and many times undervalue. While it took me most of my life to appreciate these things, reflection...