Spring is here, days start getting warmer, the flowers are blooming, and the birds cannot stop singing. The ancients Romans created a festival for the goddess Flora to celebrate Spring, and they called it the Floral Games.

"Spring (detail)", by Alma-Tadema

Initially, the Floral Games were much related to symbolizing the renewal of the cycle of life: youth and fertility. As time passed, these games, which from the very beginning included pantomimes and theatre, also included other forms of art. These activities and performances, such as literature and poetry, were not intended just for fun. In Colorland, this celebration is focused on Painting Art and all the literary texts are related to this art form.

CONTRIBUTIONS

• 'How to make a Lithography', by Arnau Alemany

• 'To be a Muse', by Rosa Anguas.

• 'Collage is Fun', by Joaquim Hidalgo.

SUBMIT YOUR CONTRIBUTION

Everybody is invited to take part on the Floral Games of Colorland. Submit your text, no matter what your age is. To do so, please follow these steps:

Step 1. Please read important notices below:

• In your article, it is very important to refer as much as possible to other artists, styles and painting topics, and do so respectfully.

• You must gain permission from a parent or whoever takes care of you before making your submission - if you are above forty you do not have to worry about this ;o)

• If you are under fourteen years old, please check if you are allowed to make a submission yourself. In some States you are not. In this case, ask your parents, or who ever takes care of you, to do it for you. But clearly state that you are the one who did it!

• If possible, let us know your name, age and where you live. In the case your contribution is published entirely or in part, you will be accredited accordingly.

• By submitting your contribution, you also guarantee that it is your own original work and that you have the right to make it available. Please do not send texts that are simply copies of existing ones. If possible, write your own text using different sources, and let us know what they were. And remember: you are writing for kids from five to ninety, do not worry if your style is not too scholarly: we especially like that!

• When you submit any contribution to this site you grant a perpetual license to use, copy, modify and translate it.

• All educational contributions to this site will be categorized as 'copyleft'. This means that you authorize others to use what you have done, as long as they also let other people reuse what they do out of it. To reserve any right on your text, please contact us before submission to discuss details. Copyright notices may be included in some very special cases, such as if you are a kid that is old enough to support a family and you make a living from your educational texts.

Step 2. Submit your contribution to: