Twice As Far
Twice as Far, 2022, 24”x30”, acrylic on wood panel
If it takes twice as long or if you have to go twice as far, will it really matter once you have arrived?
I have had some sense that getting to some far-off goal more quickly is some sign of worthiness. Even with the understanding that the journey allows for discovery and growth, I felt judgement against myself if the path wound on a bit too long. I have proclaimed that I have learned these lessons, now I am ready for what is next, as though it were some list of assignments. The imagined control, the certainty that I can make it happen, the hope that wanting and working hard would, in some combination, change everything. I do have partial control. Perseverance will move me forward along the path. Wanting and working hard will maintain my determination. But there is more. More than I can understand. More than I can see. More than I can predict. Climbing that jagged rock may prepare me for the ascent up a wonderous mountain ahead.
It may be twice as far; it may take twice as long but why would I cut short the adventure of getting there.
*note - Colors may vary due to the variation in absorption into the wood panel.
Painted in Saint Lambert, Canada,
An original artwork by Margaret Lipsey. All rights reserved
Twice as Far, 2022, 24”x30”, acrylic on wood panel
If it takes twice as long or if you have to go twice as far, will it really matter once you have arrived?
I have had some sense that getting to some far-off goal more quickly is some sign of worthiness. Even with the understanding that the journey allows for discovery and growth, I felt judgement against myself if the path wound on a bit too long. I have proclaimed that I have learned these lessons, now I am ready for what is next, as though it were some list of assignments. The imagined control, the certainty that I can make it happen, the hope that wanting and working hard would, in some combination, change everything. I do have partial control. Perseverance will move me forward along the path. Wanting and working hard will maintain my determination. But there is more. More than I can understand. More than I can see. More than I can predict. Climbing that jagged rock may prepare me for the ascent up a wonderous mountain ahead.
It may be twice as far; it may take twice as long but why would I cut short the adventure of getting there.
*note - Colors may vary due to the variation in absorption into the wood panel.
Painted in Saint Lambert, Canada,
An original artwork by Margaret Lipsey. All rights reserved
Twice as Far, 2022, 24”x30”, acrylic on wood panel
If it takes twice as long or if you have to go twice as far, will it really matter once you have arrived?
I have had some sense that getting to some far-off goal more quickly is some sign of worthiness. Even with the understanding that the journey allows for discovery and growth, I felt judgement against myself if the path wound on a bit too long. I have proclaimed that I have learned these lessons, now I am ready for what is next, as though it were some list of assignments. The imagined control, the certainty that I can make it happen, the hope that wanting and working hard would, in some combination, change everything. I do have partial control. Perseverance will move me forward along the path. Wanting and working hard will maintain my determination. But there is more. More than I can understand. More than I can see. More than I can predict. Climbing that jagged rock may prepare me for the ascent up a wonderous mountain ahead.
It may be twice as far; it may take twice as long but why would I cut short the adventure of getting there.
*note - Colors may vary due to the variation in absorption into the wood panel.
Painted in Saint Lambert, Canada,
An original artwork by Margaret Lipsey. All rights reserved