unmaned
36" x 24" / acrylic on canvas / sold
Unmaned
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There is a Lion that awaits.
Will you set it Free? Will you be the strength when others cannot? It lives inside your Heart. The Cage is an Illusion. but it is one that you must open to release. The Wound is Shame pumped and passed through generations of blood Destroy from the outside as destroyed from within. Will you fall in? Will you look out from this Eye? Will you relight the Fire? |
The creation of “Unmaned” is tied to my exploration and investigation into the origins and sources of my negative patterns of behavior and thought. As I began meditating on the source of these patterns of behavior, an image formed to greet me. A burned landscape rose in front of me, a place where an old, almost ancient battle had been waged. The Earth and the Sky hung in a state of suspended pregnancy. On the horizon line I noticed a figure approaching. At first the figure seemed like a grotesque demon. As I continued to watch, the figure would shift and shimmer slightly, taking on the resemblance of a noble and strong Lion. Below the Demon Lion a cage appeared with an infant inside.
Throughout the length of the meditation, the infant remained motionless. At first, I had been convinced that the Demon had taken the child and placed it in the cage. But what appears one way can so often be another. What I began to understand was that the Lion acted as a guard and protector for the child. The sources of the negative patterns of my behavior were neither bad nor evil in their origin. I would need to also experience and communicate love and understanding for both the Demon and the Lion who had done a task that I had not yet been capable of doing on my own.
Throughout the length of the meditation, the infant remained motionless. At first, I had been convinced that the Demon had taken the child and placed it in the cage. But what appears one way can so often be another. What I began to understand was that the Lion acted as a guard and protector for the child. The sources of the negative patterns of my behavior were neither bad nor evil in their origin. I would need to also experience and communicate love and understanding for both the Demon and the Lion who had done a task that I had not yet been capable of doing on my own.
