The ocean is wild, untamed,
gentle, and calm.
A birthplace of oxygen, life,
destruction, and storms.

My heart is wild, untamed
gentle, and calm.
A birthplace of joy, hope
heartache, and emptiness.

Please don't ask this ocean (or my heart) to be one thing.

This sunrise, breaking across an expansive sky, resonates with something inside of me.
Reflecting the truth of life which is varied and wonderful.

Blue sky with clouds and light breaking through.
Waves that knock you down sometimes and other times whisper gentle comforting notes.
Sand that is too hot to walk on one moment and an exfoliating tactile experience the next.
Wind that whips roughly, then becomes a gentle breeze that soothes a weary soul.

What my heart longs for is to hold the complexity of it all.
The aching and the overflowing.

Please don't ask this painting (or my heart) to be one thing.
We are more beautiful and complex than that.

48" x 30"

(c) Bronwen Mayer Henry
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