Even a pundit like David Brooks once said that while the real connection in European countries is with their culture, the essential connection in America is with nature. If we study ancient cultures or more recent indigenous ones, the ties that are so ritually celebrated are ever with nature and especially springs and the aquifers, the source of and partner in existence.

-Margaret Ross Tolbert
Facebook comment, 8/25/2020

Paintings inspired by the Ichetucknee by Margaret Ross Tolbert. Click on images for larger versions and captions.

“Beam”depicts sunlight shining into Blue Hole Spring on the Ichetucknee.
Margaret Ross Tolbert is a Gainesville painter and springs advocate who draws inspiration from all of North Florida’s springs. This page features her work that was inspired by the Ichetucknee. Margaret is the author of the book AQUIFERious and manages the AQUIFERious Facebook page. Learn more at her website, http://www.margaretrosstolbert.com.
 

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