Weekword: Transition

I need a reason to create.

Apparently doing it for myself isn't motivation enough, thus the giveaways or family gifts. But you can only have so many of those before people start looking at you like 'oh.....thanks, again'. (Just kidding nobody says that....out loud) Besides, how will I ever achieve the goal of the in-house gallery showing if I give everything away. So I figured it would be a good idea to join Weekword via John's blog. You creatively interpret the week's word and post it on your blog. John's word is Transition. I thought it was perfect. Especially after the last few days' posts!

Right away I saw the image in my head that I wanted to work with. That logical side of my brain argued that the image didn't accurately portray the word Transition but instead the word Transformation. I figured I had to pull in the reigns before Mr. Logical took over so I appeased him by pulling up the dictionary.

Transition: Change or passage from one state or stage to another
Transformation: An act, process, or instance of being transformed; to be altered radically in form, function, etc

Mr. Logical agreed and stepped aside to let the creativity flow. Here's my in progress piece. I'm done for now. And as you know by now, my head needs a running commentary...so here's what went through my head as I painted.

I shed everything I knew to be true

Desperately trying to maintain what little was left

of my crumbling reality

until I recognized I was in a state of transition

I could fight it 

Or stand and welcome it with open arms

“Disenchantment, whether it is a minor disappointment or a major shock, 

is the signal that things are moving into transition in our lives.”

 William Bridges