Week 38: "Night Flight"

Week 38: "Night Flight"

"Night Flight" Actual size: 19" (l) by 13" (h)

As many know by now, I am inspired by many things. But most of my inspiration comes from music.  I find that lyrics in a song or the sound of chords conjure emotions and thoughts, which in turn become my muse.  This week is no exception.  This painting was inspired by "Blackbird" originally by the Beatles, yet I was inspired by  Carly Simon's rendition.  Below is a link to her version.

"Take this broken wings and learn to fly, all your life, you were only waiting for this moment to be free"

In this simple lyric I see myself.  Over many years of struggling through life as a broken person, I was unable to be whole within myself, kept waiting to be free.  The freedom I sought was so out of my reach because I was unable to let go of my own wounds.  I clutched for dear life to those things that kept me sick, and damaged, such as addiction and failed relationships.

Over the last 3 years, or what I have been calling my new journey of life, I have come to learn one important thing-to heal I had to learn to let go, or at some point just stay still until I was well.  At times as the lyric says "into the dark, black night" I had to fly blindly into the unknown trusting that as long as I let go everything would be okay.  This to me is faith at its basic level.  Not from "religion" ideals, but pure human faith, this is what this piece means for me.  That to me is true freedom. Flying through the night, blind, but safe and healed.