Leaf and Teardrop
The leaf
was designed to reflect both the intense suffering of the experience
of loss and hope for the future. The leaf, though fallen,
is green with upturned edges, symbolizing hope. The leaf
floats on a pond of water that is not stagnant but is rippling,
symbolizing that there is movement in grief and hope for the
future. The coloration in the leaf picture goes from a
very deep and dark purple, which represents the intense sadness,
to a much lighter and paler shade of purple, which symbolizes
light, hope, and the future. The drop on the leaf is either
a dew drop or a teardrop--meant to be whatever the person looking
at the pictures wants it to be.
The overall
theme of the picture is that as in nature, there are cycles
and movement in grief. As seasons change, so do feelings.
There is water and there are tears, there is winter and there
is spring, there is sadness and there is hope. It is all
of these things that are reflected in the RTS logo.
