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The Answer : lillian verkins by Adrienne H . Lee
The artist has the Answer deep inside her . It glows like a beacon calling out to others on the journey . It revealed itself to her over a multitude of lifetimes , consciousness being passed onto the next life , the artist repeatedly being born anew . She sought the truth , was open to it and was rewarded with both the glory of its presence and an obligation — that the artist not keep the Answer to herself .
She paints the stars and she paints beyond the stars , beyond and farther and deeper still than anything seen by human eyes . She paints the universe in all its majestic colors , twisting and contorting and ever evolving . What seems like science from a distance is pure magic up close . She pushes and pulls the paint on the canvas until the colors feel right . When they are , it is as if the sky has been torn open , a rip across the heavens , time , space , and everything that has ever been known . This is not disaster . This is not the end . This is birth and life and the beginning .
In tearing the sky asunder , the artist reveals a glimpse of the Answer . It was hidden in plain sight , waiting to be revealed , hoping to make contact . With every painting , more and more is exposed . She births each canvas , giving it a new life and a fresh start and a freedom to achieve its true purpose . Yes , even the canvas has a purpose . The artist paints as though her life depends upon it , because it does . Ours do , too .
She paints with purpose knowing that without the Answer , all will be lost . It is a desperate attempt to save humanity through paint on canvas , through truth in art . The artist ’ s mission is clear . She is noble and determined . She paints so that we can be more , more than we are , more than we thought we could be . The artist is our conduit to the truth . She guides us ever closer to the Answer .
And the Answer is this … That we are all one . On a spiritual level , on a molecular level , we are all one . It is an interconnectedness that cannot be unbroken , a thread that cannot be undone .
Teatrix Fading Away in the Light , acrylic on canvas
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