I live in the suburbs (boring). No one should ever have to live in the suburbs (boring). Only soccer moms.
In the suburbs we are tempted to build ourselves a gilded cage that, however lavishly adorned, is still a prison… of convention, circumstance, oppression, happenstance. No number of possessions, or diversions, can escape the reality that you are on the sidelines.
“Heart’s Escape“
mixed-media mosaic on found object, 2008
was inspired by Rabindranath Tagore who wrote…
“I have no wings to fly, I am bound in this spot evermore.”
It is adapted from his soulful poem, “I Am Restless.“ I read Tagore often. His work is timeless and soothing.
This piece was first titled “Caged Heart”. But where is the heart?
I couldn’t bear to see her confined, so I let her escape through her dreams into the ocean’s deep embrace. May she find herself there.
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This is amazing work, exceptional in detail and meaning. I love the play of colors. Wonderful!
Hi fellow redBubble artist! Thank you for your kind compliments. (I said hello on redB.)
Oh no! Now I have two that I want!
Oh it’s beautiful. Your art speaks the language of my heart that cannot be expressed with words.
Thank you Emma, the muse. I return the compliment. Your writing says what I can’t express with art! That’s why I sometimes wish I were a writer instead of an artist. I’m getting some pointers though, from my blogging friends!
Then we shall be the two sides of one coin, you and I. (Yours will be the better decorated.)
Love to. thanks
“Words are the voice of the heart” – Confucious
Hello from Hong Kong.
Love your work…..TWO THUMBS UP!
You’re cordially invited to visit:
http://hollyontherun.wordpress.com
All the best.
Thank you very much! I’m glad you like it.
I will be going to your site to say hello…