Dance by McKenzie Fisk who says " Imagine being in your room as a child dancing with some puffins - puffins who, whenever you switched moves, wanted to match you and would switch configurations every time to dance alongside of you (each puffin getting his own chance on the tiptop of the pile). Animals exist alongside of us, though they essentially experience life in an unadulterated way. They have no verbal language or social obligations to manipulate how they view the world around them. As kids, we are unencumbered by physical limitations and largely unclouded by pre-conceived thoughts about the world. Most experiences are new, we lived those moments in the present, and simple things brought us the most joy. But this purity is easily forgotten. My paintings bring us back to those times. While they represent my own imagined memories, relatable childhood moments allow the viewer to enter and experience the depicted scene with memories of their own. There is no need for a verbal language to understand my work, the visual impact is a silent emotion, a feeling of peace with an understanding and mindfulness of the heart." If you would like to see more of her work, please go to mckenziefisk.com