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This is a painting that I didn't think would 'work', because I had the idea to paint a greenish-yellow pear shape on the paper first, and usually, when I 'interfere' like this, images fail to show up. I'll get 'nothing'. But this idea popped into my head one morning as I awoke - a time when I usually have my highest level of clarity it seems, believe it not. So I did it.

I was surprised to peel back the plastic and see this fetus-like image dead-center the uterus-like pear. Coincidence? Unlikely.

His angst is apparent as his distorted and immature development has left him entrapped. I think this speaks to us, and the way we feel before we are fully aware of what we truly are. We feel caught, vulnerable, trapped - we think we need someone to help us, to take care of us, to show us the way, when what we really need to do is mature. We need to grow up, and realize who we really are, and stop imagining ourselves half-formed and dependent. We need to rise to what we really, truly are.

What do you see?

Peace-
unASLEEP