Acrylic on Gallery-Stretched Canvas, 12x12". Ready to hang!
I was diagnosed with a chronic illness about nine years ago and I found myself having to do something new, just to get through the day. I call it re-framing. I did a large painting on that subject a few years ago, you can find it under the Exhibits tab, The Suffering of Becoming. I was living in a new reality. All of my norms, my structures, my ideas about how my life would be were suddenly changed. We humans don't do so well with change, but what is life but constant change? We are constantly readjusting to what is coming at us. Sometimes we do that well, sometimes, not so much. What I learned through those first years A.D. (after diagnosis) was that in order to not fall into the "slough of Despond" as my husband puts it, I had to re-frame how I looked at my day. The only way I could get through it, because there was a lot of pain, fatigue and weakness involved, was to plant my sights on one thing. One thing that was a positive. One thing that was a ray of light. One thing that would keep my nose above water.
Find the good in each day. I think I learned that from my mother. That's how she lived her life. She always looked to the Good, both in people and in her day, even when hard things came up. It wasn't that she didn't feel the hard stuff. It was that she always looked for the Good in spite of the hard stuff. I am again in need of practicing this daily ritual as I look out at our political landscape. We can choose where we will dwell, in the darkness or the light. Sometimes all it takes is remembering to look for the Good in your day.
This painting includes metallic gold, similar to gold-leaf but painted on. If interested in purchasing, hit the Painting-A-Day Purchase tab and then hit the Etsy widget. It will take you right where you need to be to purchase the painting of your choice. Thanks! $100 for this original painting, ready-to-hang, plus $15 shipping and handling.
Find the good in each day. I think I learned that from my mother. That's how she lived her life. She always looked to the Good, both in people and in her day, even when hard things came up. It wasn't that she didn't feel the hard stuff. It was that she always looked for the Good in spite of the hard stuff. I am again in need of practicing this daily ritual as I look out at our political landscape. We can choose where we will dwell, in the darkness or the light. Sometimes all it takes is remembering to look for the Good in your day.
This painting includes metallic gold, similar to gold-leaf but painted on. If interested in purchasing, hit the Painting-A-Day Purchase tab and then hit the Etsy widget. It will take you right where you need to be to purchase the painting of your choice. Thanks! $100 for this original painting, ready-to-hang, plus $15 shipping and handling.