Resurrection

Resurrection
CC Jean Stimmell 2015

Days of pain after my operation unhinged spasms of activity.

For no good reasons, I took my camera outside

and took shots of the richly textured leaves

of our 12’ tall, Mammoth Sunflowers.

Then I found myself using the sunflowers

as a stage to introduce new objects,

like the pelvis and backbone

of a winter-killed deer

that our hound dog

had carted home.

When I processed the images in my digital darkroom,

one photograph, in particular, jumped out at me:

The composition was dynamic

and embraced the ALL:

Death and Rebirth

Yin and Yang.

Looking more closely, I exclaimed, “oh my god,

it looks like Jesus on the Cross.”

At that very instant I knew

 what the title must be:
RESURRECTION.