Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors where there were only walls.
–Joseph Campbell
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I call this new painting, which is 24″high by 8″ wide on canvas, Door to Bliss. The title refers to the well worn quote from the late mythologist Joseph Campbell, shown above, that advises us that if we work at that thing that we truly love, it will find a way to provide for us.
It will find the door that moves you forward and will open it once you have fully worked your way to it.
And from personal experience, I can attest to the truth behind the words.
I was going to write a whole spiel about setting goals and allowing and trusting your subconscious mind to make the decisions that will ultimately lead you to those doors. But I think that simple quote and the painting itself say enough without me muddying the waters.
I often use tree trunks in the foreground of either side of my paintings to act as a sort of stage curtain which further highlights the central figure. These trees also can be viewed as door frame through which the viewer is invited to pass. That’s how I saw these two trunks in this piece– as points that must be worked to and passed by before entering that desired location, that place of bliss.
Redtree Times 