Silver Girl

If you know the song Bridge Over Troubled Water, you might remember the third verse. It starts out : “Sail on Silver Girl…”

I did a handful of paintings with the theme of a bridge over troubled water. People can be the metaphorical ‘bridge’ over the ‘troubled water’ of another’s life circumstances. There seems to be a lot of trouble going on out in the world, and whoever is showing up, compassionately trying to help, is often the best answer. There seems to be no fixing things, but the power of helpfulness, is significant.

The Silver girl verse is like a pep talk. Sail on by, you can shine, all your dreams are on their way. Its a beautiful upbeat ending to a most compassionate song.

I love the Elvis Presley version.