Wisdom sails with wind and time.
–John Florio
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Thought I’d take the opportunity to show another new small painting that will be part of the Little Gems show at the West End Gallery, opening next Friday. This little 4″ by 6″ piece is titled Wisdom of the Wind.
For me, this is a piece about motion, about the movement of the trees caught in the gusting winds. Like the words from the 16th century above, I see this as being about how we are often shaped by exposure and time to prevailing thought. Some will simply succumb to the winds of the time while some will offer resistance against the direction in which the wind is blowing.
I suppose that the wisdom comes from knowing when to relent and when to resist. What fights to pick and what fights to let pass.
There’s a long pause between that last short paragraph and this one. I find myself lost in that thought, wondering if there is any wisdom in it at all. It’s one of those things where I can see a viable argument for either side. I suppose it comes down to one’s nature, how one is built. Some trees are made to simply go with the wind while others always struggle against every wind.
I sometimes can’t decide what type of tree I am.
Redtree Times 