Work inspired by the Laws of Motion
Seconds to decide
There is nothing more captivating than movement to someone that pays attention to what they are looking at.
For as long as I have been drawing and painting, I can’t help but be in awe of how challenging it is to capture something if it is moving.
To draw something like a swimming gold fish or an active fire, an artist has to stop the movement. Essentially, stopping and capturing a moment in time.
That got me thinking a lot about the significance of stopping time as it relates to actions.
I don’t pretend to know a lot about neuroscience, but I have heard about studies that have shown that there are seconds between the thought of doing something and the action that follows that thought.
That is what inspired this painting. The idea that we can stop the movement towards an action. We do not have to inevitably act in a habitual way. We have some seconds to decide upon a different action.
That thought gives me hope. The things that bother me, like a habit or a pattern, I can change.
We can decide to do something new within a few seconds. We can change.
Think about the exciting possibilities.
Can you imagine?