the tower

22" x 28" / acrylic on canvas / 2005 / sold
The Tower (Detail)
Detail I
The Tower (Detail)
Detail II
When the tower falls there is chaos. To surrender to the chaos that occurs as a result of cataclysmic change is to surrender to something outside of yourself. It is to surrender to the knowledge that control is an illusion. If the surrender can be achieved, the rewards are great. Through the emergence of chaos there is recovered freedom. To bring chaos to the canvas is to embrace the experience without judgment.  So many feelings, so many
perceptions, all of which are crumbling. New feelings, new visions, new hopes, new dreams, arising from the rubble of the past. There is no tower, no wall, no man-made structure or concept that can stand against the force of creation. Creation will succeed in passing through the mesh and filter of the conscious mind. Through expression without manipulation, the truth is revealed.