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watercolor by NW 22"x30" (1986)

The Header on this website is a detail from a much larger painting called “The Shattering.” The painting was done in the mid-1980s. “The Shattering” was not its original title. I don’t remember what I called it originally. But clearly it deals with upset and change, with moving to a new place, with turbulence and disruption, and how we deal with it.

The figure on the left, down on one knee, is calling out for help, calling out in despair, and seems on the one hand to be asking WHY, and on the other hand wants to hold up the crumbling ceiling.

The middle figure is equally stressed out. This figure is trying to protect herself or stop what is happening, or protect as well the figure below her.

The figure on the far right is on her knees — a good sign already. She, alone of the three, seems to be going with the flow of change. The world around her is breaking up, so naturally she is concerned, yet she appears willing to ride the wave of change. By staying closer to the ground she stands a better chance of keeping her balance.

“The Shattering” is a phrase I came across in one of the Alice Bailey books. It refers to the way our world needs to shatter before we become willing or able to make the necessary progress to the next stage of our evolution.

It is a hard thing when it happens. I don’t think we’re ever prepared for it. But if we remain soft and pliable, we stand a better chance of getting through it in one piece. Or maybe that’s not the point, getting through it in one piece. A shattering is, after all, a breaking apart into many different pieces. It’s the necessary shattering of the ego, which takes us into that part of us that is indestructible, the Soul.

I will post later about why I chose this image to represent the site (at least for now), and why my own shattering has qualified me to speak on the topics I cover.