melkiades: Your "other inspiration" is obviously Anu's AWADs including "crinite", "calvity" and "wroth" in December 04, and "airy-fairy", "odium" and "repine" in January 05. Your tone fits the mood of the painting. The artist herself is the best judge of that, and "she dearly loves it". But she asked for a "small text" and her painting is spare while your description is not. Do you think there is a danger that the judges of this art contest will judge the painting more on the basis of your text than her art? If your art surpasses hers, or hers yours, either way her art is the poorer for it. Your artist friend presumably supplied you with the 3 words you asked for. Why not use those 3 words as your text instead? At least they belong to the artist.