Hope Plants A Garden, 2021, watercolor on yupo, 43 x 27 in. / 109.22 x 68.58 cm.

Hope Plants A Garden, Zina Poliszuk, 2021, watercolor on yupo, 43 x 27 in. / 109.22 x 68.58 cm.

Planting a garden is risky. Success and failure are the two options that lie side by side, seed by seed, with an uncertain outcome and harvest. I am grateful that Hope plants her garden anyway, having great expectations and rejoicing in the experiment. Extra helping hands are always welcome.