Tribute to my family (mother, brother and father) all gone in a very short time.

1. The Footprints of Eternity, a poem by Suy / São Ludovino © Su Blackwell, Wuthering Heights, 2010 – www.sublackwell.co.uk/portfolio-book-cut-sculpture/

2. I opened the door of my mind To find you in the deep heart of me. © Su Blackwell, Pandora Opens Box, 2009, detail. www.sublackwell.co.uk

3. I spent so many days Talking to the sunbeams and the shadow of my dreams. © Su Blackwell, Margaret and Marjorie With Light, 2008 – www.sublackwell.co.uk

4. From now and then I thought I saw you among the flocks of butterflies. You were running You were flying You were the light air, water and earth flowing between my fingers. © Su Blackwell, Hope, 2009 – www.sublackwell.co.uk

5. Yore, I was spining my wheel of time Making carpets of grass and velvet. © Su Blackwell, Little Red Riding Hood, detail, 2010.

6. Now our home is empty. You're gone forever, you left me alone in the woods of life. © Su Blackwell, The Wizard of Oz, 2007.

7. A Light in the Dark.

8. Your meal is still on the table But I'm not hungry. I can only feed myself on the fruits you left in my soul. © Su Blackwell, Alice, A Mad Tea Party, 2007.

9. The only bread and wine left behind are unrasable signs of your pain... © Su Blackwell, The Woodcutter's Hut, 2008.

10. And your pain is my pain. © Su Blackwell, The Girl in the Wood, 2008.

11. I reach for your hand in the other side of my memory... © Su Blackwell, The Extasie, 2006.

12. Though I know I can only find you in this side of the white desert of creation. © Su Blackwell, The Secret Garden, 2006.

13. How can I keep flying When you took my wings, my beliefs and hopes with you? © Su Blackwell, The Wild Swans, 2008.

14. How shall I go on When I know I won't find you in any harbour of my solitary voyage? Moon River - via www.marilynwang925.multiply.com

15. © Vasireddy Balaji Rao, Moon River. How can I rest When I know you won't be waiting for me When I come home?

16. Portfolio Book-Cut Sculpture Still, I hear your steps in the corridor every morning. I still see you waiting for the rising sun in the balcony of my childhood. © Su Blackwell, The Land of Far Beyond, 2007.

17. I hear you singing the same song that the birds sang when I was born. © Su Blackwell, Birds of the Open Forest, blue, 2006.

18. I still hear your voice in the twilight I still feel the same thrill the same mystery of being. © Su Blackwell, Birds of the Open Forest, dusk, 2006.

19. Now, what do I have to defeat the cold of your definitive absence? © Su Blackwell, The Old House, 2007.

20. Only the warmness of your immaterial presence... © Su Blackwell, Libelle.

21. The moon has the same face since I was born. © Su Blackwell, The World of Ice, 2007.

22. The moon is still here The fields, the trees, the night. All seems untouched and immutable. A spark of what we were all together still shines in the night. © Miguel Claro, Steps to the Moon, Alentejo, Portugal, 2009 - www.twanight.org

23. My mother (16/7/1924 - 10/12/2009), my father (21/3/1925 - 28/3/2011), my brother (3/1/1960 - 30/1/2011) and me. The River - www.bjwsblogspot.com

24. The light of your smile still illuminates my world. © Su Blackwell, The Twelve Dancing Princesses, detail, 2007.

25. Me and my brother (3/1/1960 - 30/1/2011). ©Miguel Claro, Full Moon Skyscape, Portinho da Arrábida, Setúbal, Portugal, 2010 - www.twanight.org

26. Lucas (2006-2008) – Photography by Kim, my brother, December 2006.

28. MOON RIVER Moon RiverWider than a mileI'm crossing you in styleSomedayOh, dream makerYou heartbreakerWherever you're goingI'm going your way.Two driftersOff to see the worldThere's such a lot of world to seeWe're after the same rainbows endAnd waiting round the bendMy huckleberry friendMoon RiverAnd me. Johnny Mercer Moon River Landscape - Photoshop - www.nicegfx.com In 1961 «Moon River» received the Oscar for the best movie song, a theme composed by Henry Mancini with lyrics by Johnny Mercer. «Moon River» belonged to the original Soundtrack of the movie «Breakfast at Tiffany’s» directed by Blake Edwards.

29. TECHNICAL DATA / CREDITS TITLE:THE FOOTPRINTS OF ETERNITY – Dedicated to my family (mother, brother and father) all gone in a very short time. IMAGES: ©Su Blackwell - www.sublackwell.co.uk/portfolio-book-cut-sculpture/; www.marilynwang925.multiply.com; www.bjwsblogspot.com; © Miguel Claro – www.twanight.org; © Vasireddy Balaji Rao; © David Cortner – www.davidcortner.com/regions/america/carolinas/catawba_pan2.html; © Jay Ouellet - www.apod.nasa.gov; www.nicegfx.com; Kim, my brother (Joaquim M. E. Ludovino). TEXT:The Footprints of Eternity, a poem by Suy /São Ludovino. MUSIC Source:CD from my personal archive. Slide 1 to 30: Henry Mancini & His Orchestra, Moon River (1961), 1968 . Slideshare version - Link: www.beemp3.com/download.php?file=6056413&song=Moon+River+%5BFrom+Breakfast+at+Tiffany%26%23039%3Bs%5D DURATION:about 2:44 minutes. DATE:June 2011. SELECTION, ORGANIZATION AND EFFECTS:Suy (Conceição Ludovino). Suy © 2011 Background -© Miguel Claro, Steps to the Moon, Alentejo, Portugal, 2009.