Kansas is a land bounded by horizons.  The sweep of its terrain provides a stage

for the spectacle of earth and sky, for the pageant of seasonal color shifts,

for the parade of creatures across grasslands, water and flyways,

for the grandeur of towering thunderheads and the grace of billowing grasses,

for the rosy luster of dawn and the glow of sundown suffusing the air.

All are part of a kaleidoscopic palette

that makes my heart sing and provides a stimulus for my art.