Aashanka III
आशंका
12”X12”
Acrylic and Gold Leaf on Canvas
 
We have been focused on a chakra series in Kundalini yoga, and the role emotions play in our world.  While working on our root Muladhara (मूलधारा) chakra, we meditated a great deal on the role of fear.  How it protects, inhibits, pushes, powers, paralyzes.  And that lead me here...
 
Childhood phobias persist, despite the rational mind.  What makes a moth scary, but a butterfly beautiful? Is it because a moth is a creature of the night?
 
I played with iridescent paint and black canvas for this series. Because that is the thing about fear, no? One person’s phobia may be a thing of beauty to another. Examining a fear might make you look at it as a gift. The darkness may make you appreciate the color. The tilt, the right light, it may negate the fear.