9 X 9 INCHES. This painting has been left a little bit more abstract than I intended. The source of inspiration was from a photo taken by me when I was about 32 years old. Here was my life. While I was working on it- and as I reached for the random headline to use with it, I found myself feeling a bit undone. "Gaze into the future". Who is looking- the man- the hen- the photographer? There is poetry in the answer.
I could call this, as I have other paintings of mine, "Looking forward and looking back".
Are we where we are supposed to be? I struggle with that question almost every day. Answers come to me and then things change and everything shifts. Why are we given an ability to ponder and wonder? Why can't we be like ants struggling for the cluster until randomly, and blindly, crushed underfoot by a giant being from a parallel universe? Maybe we are like ants! I ask for some faith, stare at old photos, paint for hours and meanwhile, is that Life that passes me by?
Tilly, you might enjoy reading Eckhart Tolle's latest book, A New Earth. Tolle is a spiritual teacher who addresses your questions and instructs us to live in the Now. Excellent teachings!
ReplyDeleteYOU KNOW- I THINK I'LL look for it. Good time for my summer book stack to be started. Thanks.
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