Lonely Road

30x40"

oil on canvas

available

This composition was created from a random reference photo, so I'm unsure of the location. I altered it to express a very specific "mood." To me, this painting embodies the necessity for all of us to take time from our busy schedule, from the "work-a-day" world, and steep ourselves in intellectual or prayerful thought. I imagine myself alone on that road, everything is still and quiet, and I am contemplating higher thoughts, the ways of the natural and supernatural world I live in. Joseph Pieper, a twentieth century German Philosopher makes a compelling argument in his book Leisure: The Basis of Culture. "In our bourgeois Western world total labor has vanquished leisure. Unless we regain the art of silence and insight, the ability for nonactivity, unless we substitute true leisure for our hectic amusements, we will destroy our culture--and ourselves."

Enjoy,

CM