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“From one split personality to another…”
I’ve been aware of my own duality quite acutely lately, which led to a new painting: “The Nature of Dilemma”.
Almost as soon as the painting was completed I continued working on it, but as a separate version.
Perhaps the purple painting was too purple, or for whatever reason, I have also created a more classic (and possibly more classy) variation on the painting.
Click on either painting to see the enlarged version.
I had the idea for “I choose my scars” a few years ago, when I also painted a version in acrylic. I wasn’t completely pleased with it though, so I decided to give it another go. For me this is an absolutely self-empowering piece in which every single scar, be it a wrinkle, a scratch, or a tattoo, has a special meaning and purpose. The symbolism of this painting, as a whole, is pretty much the same as the symbolism of one of my all-time favorite poems – W.E. Henley’s “Invictus”:
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll.
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.
This morning I had a look at personality assessment test a friend sent me. As I can rarely resist an opportunity to evaluate my inner workings, I took the test. Only eleven pages later I was told I am a benevolent creator.
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