Trying to Be Better

flying fish weighed down by an anchor, surrealist art by Gwenn Seemel — Gwenn Seemel
*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?

You can see the making of Trying to Be Better.

art about trying to be a better person — detail image