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Bronislaus Janulis Studio

“Visiting the Ancestors”

Oil on Canvas

36 x 60, 1996

Many traditional folk songs use a particular plant or animal to portray

a certain theme, or character attribute, which becomes a tip-off to the

plot development of the song. Apples can imply fecundity, fish a quest

for knowledge. Apples on an ivy tree, however, symbolize a wish for

something that can never be

Kim Hoffmann