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Trying to Be Better
2023
acrylic on panel
24 x 12 inches
How does the fish seem to you? Would you prefer being above or below the surface? Why? What does this image make you want to do?
Sometimes I get so frustrated with my brain and the ways it reacts to the world that I end up wishing I could rid myself entirely of my emotional anchors. But the truth is that my struggles are part of who I am.
What if the goal isn’t to completely ditch what weighs us down? How might you manage to shrink your anchor to a more manageable size? What would it look like for you to have that kind of freedom?
