Empathy Of Spirit

Woodburnt, and painted basswood with nails and thread

Original image 21″ x 16″

Original available with permanent African mahogany frame. Please contact me here with your interest.

Unmatted, high quality reproductions on paper available. Please see sizes and prices below. Print image is padded to fit with at least.5″ white border to preserve aspect ratio of the original image.
Please allow 10-15 business days for prints.

(In this Empathy series of four works, circles represent beings, bare wood represents suffering, and threads stretched by nails are good intentions and thoughts that connect sometimes, but also at times miss their mark, represented by directionless threads.

The bare wood areas represent actual scarcity, or fear of scarcity, or scarcity mindset.)

Empathy of Spirit is ambiguous because people have such differences of thought on this matter that sometimes seem in conflict and disconnected.

Diversity is to be respected, and divisiveness is weighty and difficult. However, this painting suggests that unity of spirit on a deep level is a possibility for every human being.

Every person suffers. In many cases, during suffering, it may seem unlikely that one wants to put energy into understanding what others are thinking or feeling.

It’s true that evolution has dictated that in most cases one’s own survival is essential before others are considered. It is a sacred thing when one can also love people, as Jesus and many other wise ones teach, especially those who are different.