I finally finished this painting. It had been sitting on the floor against the wall for a few years. I didn’t know what other elements to add or how to. I had been overthinking and feeling fearful of ruining this painting. Frozen. Then I finally threw all caution aside and let go.

We do not need to control the how or the where; we just need to be and let it flow out of us.

We shape clay into a pot,
but it is the emptiness inside
that holds whatever we want.

IHATPPL

While on our way back from a store, we came up behind this car with the license plate, “IHATPPL”. I think it was supposed to be read as “I hate people”.

We humans have the impulse to label and categorize the world to avoid the anxiety of the unknown. While naming objects helps anchor our sense of reality, it can also confine the true essence of things within rigid mental structures.

No matter how fast you run, your shadow
keeps up. Sometimes it is in front!

Only full overhead sun diminishes your shadow.

But that shadow has been serving you.

– Rumi