Self Actualization

“…I have been alone but seldom lonely.

I have satisfied my thirst

at the well

of my self

and that wine was good,

the best I ever had,

and tonight

sitting

staring into the dark

I now finally understand

the dark and the light

and everything

in between.”

~Charles Bukowski, from “Mind and Heart”

11x14 canvas with hand generated gilding and embroidery. Gold detailing representative of the Circle of Fifths musical theory and relates a tonal representation mirroring recovery.