Feed the Ducks

There is a tendency in contemporary psychology to pathologise one who shows signs of social withdrawal. On the contrary, being alone, and going inward are paramount to creativity, recovery, and the capacity to listen to the internal landscape. "When we turn away from “out there” and the people in outer life, we can begin to make contact with the life within us, and the variety of inner energies that people our “inner city.” Carl Jung. There is one character who lives in my inner city who is childish, witty, fun, and cheeky. It is this part who drives paintings like these.