Sometimes things are not what they seem, for instance, when I was out today, I noticed that the sky was an ominous grey colour and I was just waiting for it to open up and downpour on me. But, I came to realize, the association I was making (between the clouds being grey and any minute it was going to rain) was incorrect as it didn’t even drop a bit while I was out and it still hasn’t.
Not to say that when clouds are grey they never rain but when I saw the clouds today, I automatically assumed it was going to rain simply because of their colour. When I think about this, it is interesting to me, but I do it all the time, assume something is going to happen based on a random association.
So after this, I decided to start changing the way I think about systematically associated things. For example, the next time I come across a dark alley for instance, instead of assuming I will be killed if I walk down it, I think I will just acknowledge the dark alley (walk a different way nonetheless) and think to myself it probably leads to the best coffee shop in town and I will hit that another day. 🙂
So, the trompe l’oeil artwork I created today is a representation of things not being what they seem based on the crazy voices I have in my head making things up all the time.
(The image is a set of leaves assembled together and laying on my living room table.)
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