BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

(Acrylics on canvas panel)

A typically busy time of year is the spring, and this year is no exception. I have been lax about posting entries, just as I have been about going on my journal/blog travels to those of you whose words I love reading. Soon, I will go on an around-the-world trip via this computer to visit all of you.

As for this journal o'mine, in recent weeks there have been many times I have wanted to sit down and write and write and write. Much I could say about a number of things, yet I choose not to. Maybe because sometimes saying less is saying more. I do wish our media would at least occasionally adhere to that school of thought. 

 

So, amidst the violent, horrendous, and upsetting occurrences of late, I worked on this painting. 'Tis sometimes my way of escaping the insanity that exists in this world of ours.

 

For the first time, I painted a picture that was based on a poem I wrote. A poem none of you will read. It is private. For me only. Its words define my existence.

 

It was an interesting experiment to see if I could make the two one and the same. I think I did it. I hope I did. I feel I did.

 

And just maybe while you view it, it will make you forget the ugly events for a time.

 

"Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards." ~Soren Kierkegaard

 

 

Run your fingers through my soul~

Tags: Acrylics, painting, Soren Kierkegaard