Profoundly Alive:

"Reminder: LIFE is NOT a Rehearsal". I clearly remember how unprepared I felt after reading this truism. This LIFE IS, in fact, the REAL thing; and NOT a rehearsal. So often, we take for granted what LIFE has to offer us. We must realize our potential and explore our capabilities within THIS LIFE and NOW.

I believe that we are LIFE being aware of itself. LIFE is omnipresent. We swim in LIFE and drink of it, and we watch it passing by. Indeed, possessing the gift of LIFE is a monumental privilege. Regardless of our choices, our motivations, or the fruits of our efforts and beliefs, we have been given a fantastic opportunity to BE, become, and transcend; to share our awareness of such an experience during our brief but precious encounter in space-time existence.

Simply stated, the continuity that pervades LIFE is both an amazing and overwhelming experience to process and digest. We are all so very unwittingly interconnected with one another; we are connected to every little thing in existence, be it living or not.

This painting was especially nourished and inspired by the Love and appreciation that I feel for my brother Harold, and for LIFE itself. Harold is one of my biggest heroes; I am so proud to be his younger sibling and good buddy. Here, I have created the feeling of movement and depth, by careful manipulation of light and dark tones, to portray a noble sperm cell swimming deeply through an ocean rife with color while an infinite web of ”Living Matter” floats by.

In the infinite cycle of this magical journey, it seems that, time and again, we always return to our metaphysical birthplace - right back to the very birthplace of LIFE itself.