Project Description

30″ x 40″

Mixed media on wood

This piece is one of a series that emerged from a set of 100 letters written by my grandfather to my grandmother while he was a young soldier serving in the US Army during World War I.  I never met my grandfather. In one letter, my grandfather instructs my grandmother to overcome her worry and loneliness by asking her to think only of the day when they will be together again, to focus on being in eachothers’ arms, and to fill her heart with joy. He concludes by telling her that “this is how he is coping…as it’s the best remedy.”

As a student of Eastern wisdom traditions, I was struck by the timeless wisdom my grandfather had both used for himself  – and dispensed for his loved one – aimed at cultivating a mindset to help reduce suffering.

 

$2200