Flowertopia is a fun painting I did to loosen-up and lighten-up. It is just joyful fun, including the name. I have to say here though, as I did this painting, two Hebrew z’mirot (songs) I learned at camp, or maybe at the Shabbes table, played in my mind as I painted. The feeling was meant to be one of the pleasantness of life, like the feeling one gets when taking an enjoyable walk through a park on a pretty spring day. The phrases from the songs that I was thinking about were “Shabbat Menucha” (the feeling of renewal and refreshment one gets from experiencing the Shabbat day of rest and renewal) and “Chamah Tov Yi’ He Ye,” the feeling of delight from all these good things to be experienced.