Thorns

A few weeks ago I was dealing with some very deep personal issues and some things with which I really could not discuss with anyone that I know. When I was young I would deal with such issues by getting angry. A couple summers ago I spent the entire summer doing intensive therapy to overcome that anger. I still needed a way to deal with the pain and suffering that I was feeling and so I decided to do a drawing about it. The various thorns that you see in this painting are the various painful experiences that we have in our lives. Sometimes they even come up from behind you and bite you when you’re not even looking.