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- Jean Linville
- Nov 12, 2021
- 1 min read
Updated: Nov 18, 2021
November 7 - November 11

chakra of plastic strewn on the beach
pieces encircle the winding beauty
of a wayward Cerion snail shell with
echoes of a woeful wail worthy of Munch
spiraling energy of imbalance out into the world
That’s quite the coincidence, Jean. I went to that link before I wrote my comment and only then did The Scream show up in my head. So strange, too, that it would be Del Ray Beach.
I know the painting, but there is even more to the story...check this out https://www.researchgate.net/publication/280114524_The_Delray_Beach_Florida_colony_of_Cerion_Paracerion_tridentatum_costellata_Pilsbry_1946_Gastropoda_Pulmonata_Cerionidae_Evidence_for_indirect_Cuban_origins
Do you know a piece of artwork titled Scream? It immediately came to mind, the horror the snail is experiencing.