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Rose, 2010

Acrylic on wood

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Sabrina Squires

Peacock Still Life, 2020

Acrylic on wood

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The LDS Church is selling this journal for 2024 through Deseret Book. The cover has a painting of the Tree of Life from Sabrina Squires.

On a website selling this artist's works, it includes this description:

"All are alike unto God."--I chose to address this concept on a cultural level, attempting to address the pain that racism causes many individuals. The tree and its fruit represents the love of God, and people from different races collect the glowing orbs. The snowy branches of the tree provide a framework for a myriad of colors. To me, these rainbow shards represent God's excitement and awareness in creating diversity, and that all the colors must work together for optimal beauty. Only when all of the colors of the rainbow are combined does white appear--the hue representing purity and peace. The tree is large and all-encompassing, providing and making room for any who desire to approach and gather. God's love extends to all of His children, and He gives us the opportunity not only to partake of His love, but to share its abundance. "

I love that the cover of this journal has artwork displaying that All Are Alike Unto God.

The story of the Tree of Life says that there is a white tree full of fruit which is also white, and the fruit was sweeter than all other fruits, and partaking of it fills one with great joy. The fruit represents the love of God.

In order to have a white tree and white fruit, it requires all the colors coming together. The painter specifically mentioned race, but there's other ways humans are diverse, and God's love is there for ALL of us.