by Margaret Kyle

Photo courtesy of Margaret Kyle (www.kylearts.ca)

This is the first card I created using the “Soul Collage” method and it brings me a lot of joy when I look at it. This card reminds me of a time as a child that I sat on a hillside covered with the golden Arrowleaf Balsamroot flowers that bloom in the Okanagan Valley in May. I felt at one with the rocks, the blue sky, the flowers, and the sound of humming bees as I soaked the landscape into my being. The card contains images of connection and curiosity in the giant star clusters as well as in the intricate web-spinning of a spider. May I always remember this curious and connected inner child.

Margaret Kyle was a part of the creative process at Wood Lake Publishing for more than 20 years. She has illustrated many children’s books, including The Family Story Bible and Lectionary Story Bible (Years A, B, C) by Ralph Milton; Is that Story True, by Laura Alary and After the Beginning by Carolyn Pogue. Her painting “Burning Bush” graces the cover of the hymnal More Voices.