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Redemption's Call
Behind the painting:
I began this piece back in January, but I didn’t finish it until roughly 2 months later. I was going through a very emotional time, grieving the loss of a very dear friendship. In addition to that, I had just dislocated my knee…again… on the leg that had surgery to try and resolve that issue. I was keeping everything inside. I can be dangerously good at keeping certain emotions locked behind a door in my head since I've convinced myself I don’t have the time to deal with them. The day I dislocated my knee for the 7th time in only a few years, that door broke open. Betrayal and disappointment in myself were the two loudest emotions that surfaced. When I began this painting I just wanted to get those emotions onto canvas so I could process through them and my mind could function again. After painting the canvas black, I started painting the outlines of shattered glass, then I began painting the eye. I did not sketch it out beforehand to make sure the pieces fit, so I wasn’t expecting much from this painting other than its service as a temporary therapist. However, when I finished the eye I knew this was going to be a special piece. As I’ve mentioned before in some of my other posts, I feel closest to God when I am painting. Because of the physical issues I have with my hands and tremors, painting is a battleground. The finished pieces can be beautiful, but the process is a constant, sometimes painful, fight between my mind and hand. Every painting is a visual reminder to me that God will show His strength in my weakness. I thank Him so much for this gift of art to help me get through life. While I was painting this piece I was sorting through my emotions and thoughts. I was reminded of how fragile everything is here on Earth. Like glass, anything can suddenly shatter into a million pieces. People will disappoint and hurt you. Certain relationships will come and go. Your body and mind will fail you. It is so easy for me to convince myself I am fine, “I’ve got this”. But since everything on this earth is so unstable, when something breaks what do I reach out and grab onto for stability? Because of my CP, I have known from an early age how unreliable the body can be. Yet I still have to constantly remind myself that I am unreliable. In this season I’m journeying through right now with all these surgeries and long recoveries I am learning how to let go of the control I thought I had on my life. Because now when something breaks, I can’t pull myself up for stability. I never really could before, but I believed in the illusion that I could. God was just more of a backup. It was a shocking realization when I began to accept the fact that I could no longer fully rely on my legs anymore when my knee began to dislocate on its own while I was standing still one day. But you know what? All of this is alright! These knee dislocations, surgeries, intense pain, sleepless nights are alright because God is my redeemer! He has written my story out before the beginning of time. No matter what shatters, nothing surprises Him. He will redeem what has been broken and lost. That is all that matters. Yahweh Tsuri, my stability. Acrylics on 18"x 24" canvas March 25, 2021 |
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