Little Living Things

During the past 2 months, I was struck by the works of Qi Bai Shi that are called "Little Living Things" . Another translation for the phrase (xiao sheng ling) is "Little Souls". Qi was an expert in painting small creatures-- insects, birds, pond fish. The care he gave to these simple things presented a clear message-- all the creation is spectacular and fascinating and valuable. I decided to devote some time to the little souls.  Here are two of the works in that thread.