Blessed

"Blessed", oil on canvas, 76 x61cm, 2012

Apple often appear as a symbolism for mystical or forbidden fruit, a symbol for knowledge, immortality, temptation, the fall of man and sin in some religious traditions. In Greek mythology, apple is a symbol of love.

"I throw the apple at you, and if you are willing to love me, take it and share your girlhood with me; but if your thoughts are what I pray they are not, even then take it, and consider how short-lived is beauty" - Plato (Epigram VII)

We are blessed with the ability to feel pain, to love and be loved, to learn, to gain knowledge. We feel alive because we have the feelings, the emotions.........if not, we are not human.....we are just living dead! We are blessed! So whatever feelings or emotions we faced, embraced them, that is life!

Send in the Clowns

 "Send in the Clowns", oil on canvas, 91.5x122cm, 2012

My friend told me that the lyrics of the song "Send in the Clowns" approximate the tenor of my painting in a general sense, I agreed, so I titled it as such.

"Send in the Clowns"
Lyrics:  Stephen Sondheim
Sang by: Judy Collins/Liza Minnelli/Judi Dench


Isn't it rich?
Are we a pair?
Me here at last on the ground,
You in mid-air.
Send in the clowns.

Isn't it bliss?
Don't you approve?
One who keeps tearing around,
One who can't move.
Where are the clowns?
Send in the clowns.

Just when I'd stopped opening doors,
Finally knowing the one that I wanted was yours,
Making my entrance again with my usual flair,
Sure of my lines,
No one is there.

Don't you love farce?
My fault I fear.
I thought that you'd want what I want.
Sorry, my dear.
But where are the clowns?
Quick, send in the clowns.
Don't bother, they're here.

Isn't it rich?
Isn't it queer,
Losing my timing this late
In my career?
And where are the clowns?
There ought to be clowns.
Well, maybe next year.