Mermaid and Sailor

Acrylic and collage on panel, 16" x 10.5".

The ocean is a builder. It swirls its minerals leafy vegetables and fish muscle together in a constantly accruing transformation.
Evolution starts us there.

Some yearn for safety and sameness,
and ensconce themselves on an island prison of fear.
Fear stops evolution. One must be brave to change.

The adventurous among us return to that place of transformation,
the ocean.
For Odysseus, the sailor, life was but a brief opportunity to seek understanding.
Perhaps he shortened his life, but he loved his life.

The lover inside us is our younger side, the dreamer.
That is the part of us that floats even boatless.
The heart of a lover is not a muscle but a lifejacket
that floats within the ribcage
and may send the sailor into the rocky shores of a mermaid's arms.

Evolution starts us there.