Original Painting | Rooted Presence | Crossing: 5.5 | 120 x 160 cm height_100 I swam in a river

I swam in a river that did not care about me

building atmospheric depth through blue-green bush passages with warm pink and lavender light

I walked a path like this once

each dissolution clearing space for what can truly hold

They are not struggling

Original Painting | Rooted Presence | Crossing: 5.5 | 120 x 160 cm height_100 I swam in a riverTitle: Rooted Presence Paradox: Stopped trying to be intuitive, cannot stop being it The Story I painted a tree that knew exactly what it was doing. Not thinking about growing. Not performing health. Just being a tree rooted, present, blooming because that is what happens when the roots go deep enough. I recognised something in that tree I had been trying to achieve in myself. The tree was not trying. That was the point. The Crossing Crossing 5. 5