I Feel

I feel it is about the mask we portray to our external environment. The flower represents the illusions and the lies we tell ourselves to get through the day. The blooming black flowers represent the beginning of the death phase and how we nurture the illusions that serve no purpose in our lives, triggered by comfort. The inevitable will persist, the change will still come, but it will be painful yet rewarding. The orange moon represents our emotions and the alignment with the moon cycles. The orange represents our sacral chakra and helps us relate to others and ourselves through emotions. The different emotions you are witnessing on the mask are intentional. It speaks to our subconscious being a powerhouse to all that we experience. At times, we get used to compartmentalizing how we feel, and we forget to give ourselves the space to be emotional. Our subconscious can only harbor so many emotions. Eventually, our subconscious will manifest new experiences on your behalf through any suppressed emotions. Your subconscious will begin to trigger you through interactions with others or situations.  We cannot hide who we are and how we feel. I want the painting to feel intentional with contradiction. We get into the habit of over-rationalizing our emotions instead of feeling them. To feel is to heal.