Welcome to the Brook!

Stay for a while and join me in a flight of imagination, or a creative dance. Here, you will find a harmony of images…compositions that celebrate life. Indeed, you might say these are the heartfelt expressions of a cancer survivor who has an insatiable craving for authentic living. Perhaps, as with me, your feet move restlessly, too; You do not wish to miss a moment of the grand waltz.

To be sure, I find myself irresistibly drawn to the dance of pen across the page, or to paint upon the canvas. I am, in fact, enamored with both. As in Hans Christian Andersen’s story, “The Red Shoes,” I’ve discovered that having once donned my creative, dancing shoes, I cannot stop. Thus, while the steps and styles may change from time to time, I am compelled to twist, turn, move, and reinvent as long as I breathe.

And so I invite you to join me in the dance for however long these melodies may last. Certainly, if you join me, you will find that sometimes I step with grace… sometimes I stumble. But always, you will discover something original here, spilling from my heart and hopefully making connection with yours.

It is my hope that with each light step and spin, you and I will bring forth beauty from pain and peace in the midst of stormy gales. And as a result of sharing these moments together, I trust you and I will find our days serenaded by the pure joy of mutual understanding—joy that sings and bubbles like a brook.

~L. Abbott