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This representational acrylic painting depicts a powerful, cresting wave dominating the upper half of the canvas, with foamy white caps and deep blue-green water. Below, dark, craggy rocks are battered by smaller waves, rendered with a textured, impasto style in a cool palette of blues, grays, and whites, creating a dramatic and dynamic atmosphere.

Zanna Smith · March 7, 2026

This representational oil painting captures a powerful ocean wave crashing against a rocky shore under a cloudy sky. The palette is dominated by cool blues and whites, with hints of dark grey and black for the rocks, creating a dynamic and dramatic atmosphere.

Zanna Smith · March 7, 2026

This representational oil painting depicts a white lighthouse perched atop a dark, rocky cliff overlooking a turbulent sea. The sky is filled with soft, pastel-colored clouds in hues of pink, orange, and light blue, suggesting either sunrise or sunset, while the ocean is rendered in cool blues and greens with white foamy waves crashing against the shore. The overall atmosphere is serene yet powerful, capturing the rugged beauty of a coastal landscape.

Zanna Smith · March 7, 2026

Emotional contagion occurs in all mammals, including rodents, as well as other types of animals such as birds ([Hatfield et al., 1992](/dissertation/references)). In humans it may take place in utero. It certainly is evident in the first days of an infant‘s life (Iacoboni, 2009; McDonald & Messinger (n.d.), Shamay-Tsoory, 2011).

Zanna Smith · August 17, 2026

There is no single, universally accepted definition of human empathy, as noted above. It may take stepping into a higher plane of consideration of all recent empathy studies, with integration of significant findings and thought.

Zanna Smith · August 17, 2026