The Knowable Point of Love

The Knowable Point of Love

​"The Knowable Point of Love" - mixed media on panel, 18 x 24.  Ready to hang, (hanging groove on the back)  or can be framed.  Available here and at Artfinder.

"One thinks of the smallness of human hands, of how soon they weary and of how little time is granted to their activity." RAINER MARIA RILKE

I've been pondering hands.

Makers of things, writers of words.  Gentle comforters, dramatic actors.  Mine are a bit gnarled and generally covered in paint.  They tell a story.

Hands can give and take away.  Lift up or hold down.  Push or pull.  And when we place our own hands in the hands of another, worlds are joined and oceans of distance crossed.

"...the knowable point of love is always the hand that helps another up."  MARK NEPO

Nepo, in his way with the most delicious of phrases, brings us to the very point when love is knowable.  

"We're all born with a depth of heart that only unchecked love and care can open.  We become of utmost use when we act on this opening of the heart.  Once we act, we start to live a life that is tender and resilient." (Nepo)    

​We act when we offer our hand, but also when we accept a hand offered, hold it closely and allow our hearts to open.  The reward - a tender and resilient life - can you imagine?   I am heading in that direction. It is the right way to go.