The Beliefs That Cloud Your Vision

The Beliefs That Cloud Your Vision

​"The Beliefs That Cloud Your Vision" - oil on cradled wood panel, 20 x 20 x 1.5.  Ready to hang.  Available here and at Artfinder.

Come new to this 
day.  Remove the rigid
overcoat of experience,
the nothing of knowing,
​the beliefs that could 
your vision.

Leave behind the stories of your life.  Spit out the
sour taste of unmet expectation.
Let the stale scent of what-ifs
waft back into the swamp
of your useless fears.

from 'Prescription for the Disillusioned" by Rebecca del Rio

Here is the thing about rabbit holes - the deeper you go, the more you discover.  And sometimes what you find is not what you'd hoped for, not what you imagined, not what you wanted.  But there it is.  And once you've seen it, you cannot unsee it.

Alice in Wonderland is an allegory for many things. The more time I spend there, the more it becomes, well, a bit personal.  How cheeky!  But this is what happens when an artist crawls into a theme and shines a light on every little thing.  Somehow, magically, life itself becomes illuminated.

I'm curious...and curiouser.  What do you see in this piece, dear reader?

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The Wildest of the Wild

It's COMING!  

A Song for the Hunted is nearly here! Join mixed media mosaic artist Helaine Abramson and me as we explore wolves and women in a new show that pushes our creative boundaries while celebrating the bonds we share as women and wildlings.

Show opens July first and runs all month long, right here at www.lolajovan.com/exhibits

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