Nuances

The Eighth Year

Completed 2016, oil on canvas

30" x 40"

 

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(Aspect 4)

I didn't say goodbye to 2015.

I didn't pardon it.

And if I'm honest with myself, I would say the real reason for this was because I had no desire to do so. I didn't want to spend more time looking back on a year that was decent at best, excruciating at worst, and pretending the last twelve months were great when they weren't.  

Because they weren't.  

But there were those rare moments that managed to elude the storms before and after them.  Those are the memories I prefer to remain with me--the quietly brilliant ones.

And if I am even more honest with myself, I can say I made some valuable discoveries along the way.  Discoveries about purposeful commitment, resilience, relationships, and rooted faith.  Love, too (sort of).  Which is why I am taking these discoveries and turning them into something worth looking back on in a year.

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First completed work of 2016.  

Four aspects.