Free Spirit is a painting by Steve Henderson which was uploaded on June 23rd, 2021.
Free Spirit
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36.000 x 24.000 inches
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Title
Free Spirit
Artist
Steve Henderson
Medium
Painting - Oil On Panel
Description
Stop for a moment, and think about something you thought as a child.
Maybe it was a holiday, an encounter with a friend or teacher, a question you had β what matters is to remember the moment, how you felt, and What. You. Thought.
Why is this important? Because remembering back how we thought as children will help us think more clearly as adults. Children, before they are trained and βeducatedβ out of it, are logical, and unlike adults, they cannot believe A and Non-A at the same time.
In other words, to children, war is not peace, love is not hate, freedom is not obedience, and the emperor, if he is naked, is not wearing clothes. If something does not make sense, they point it out, often to the chagrin of adults around them. But rather than take a moment, honestly assess the situation, and admit, βYou know, youβre right,β adults by default chide children for social inappropriateness.
We can see by looking around us at the adult world that, when you chide people enough, they eventually stop saying anything, or worse, begin to agree with everything theyβre told. Rare is the free spirit who maintains the heart and honesty of a child, but they do exist. Maybe we could be those people.
The artwork, Free Spirit, invites the viewer to step back into a time that all adults have in their memories β childhood β and somewhere in those memories is a child who thought, wondered, questioned, imagined, hoped, and believed.
Standing in a field of wildflowers, high in the mountain air, a young boy looks into the distance, his mind moving as quickly as his feet, his thoughts and dreams untrammeled, unshackled, unmuzzled. He is a free spirit indeed, and if he can maintain the purity and goodness of the essence of childhood, he will carry that freedom into his future.
Featured on 35 Fine Art America groups, including 1000 Views.
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June 23rd, 2021
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Gull G
π π πΈArt provides an opportunity for kaleidoscopic thinking. Each time we shift the lens of our perceptions, we gain new perspectives β and new opportunities for innovation. CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR RECENT SALE OF AN WONDERFUL WORK!π π πΈ
Gull G
Art provides an opportunity for kaleidoscopic thinking. Each time we shift the lens of our perceptions, we gain new perspectives β and new opportunities for innovation.πβ£οΈπ CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR RECENT SALE OF A WONDERFUL WORK!
Robyn King
Congratulations your beautiful artwork is being featured in The World We See:-) Please take a moment to add your wonderful art to our archives in the message area and have a fantastic day!
Taphath Foose
Beautiful work, Steve!!! CONGRATULATIONS, your work is featured in "Your Best Work"! I invite you to place it in the group's "Featured Image Archive" discussion thread and any other thread that is fitting!! π
Nancy Carol Photography
WELL DONE! Excellent and thank you for sharing with us your wonderful work of art that has been proudly presented on the Home Page of the group, 'ART FOR PASSION - PASSION FOR ART'. If you wish, you may archive it permanently or promote it further in the Discussions Tabs titled, "April -May 2023 Features."
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