Letting Go

Lately I have been going through some personal trials. While I was working on this image I was reminded of something that was once told to me.

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Lately I have been going through some personal trials. While I was working on this image I was reminded of something that was once told to me.

"It's simple, but not easy."

When I started this image I didn't have a hard idea for it, it was an extra image that I decided to play around with. Over the course of several days, I went through lots of different ideas. Most of them elaborate and including lots of different components. While this isn't a life or death problem for most people but for an artist it is. So when I arrived at the idea for the final image, I almost scraped it all. The concept seemed so simple that I wasn't sure I should even finish it, and yet here it is.

I think life is sometimes like this. When a problem arises, we run through tons of different solutions that require so many steps to complete, then if solution A fails, we move to solution B. Then the stress really sets in because it seems as though the problems will never end and we rack our brains trying to run through more complex possible solutions. However, sometimes its the simplest solution that can solve everything and though it is simple it isn't always the easiest choice. Its simple, but not easy.

“The universe is so well balanced that the mere fact that you have a problem also serves as a sign that there is a solution.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free

"Letting Go"

Model: Crystal Smith
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