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These three dancing maidens are celebrating the
idyllic life. Modeled after the first three of the
artist's six daughters, Heidi, Holly, and Melanie
portray for us a world without sorrow or malady,
where peace exists between sisters and God's
creatures. The peace of heaven is symbolized in the
angelic touch to another; the peace on earth by the
released white doves. Freedom from captivity is
symbolized by the release of a golden quetzal. the
soothing notes of the kena blend with songbirds'
singing, and a splash from a crystal spring is
frozen in time on its mirrored surface, rippled by
the dancing foot whisked across it. And if, you
say, this is Shangri-la can't exist where the land,
the creatures, and people live in perfect peace,
the gentle faces of the figures remind us that it
comes from within.
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