The Red Shoe Series (detail in process)

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.  ~Plato

Red Shoes series: "Masked" in Process

The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are. You trade in your reality for a role. You give up your ability to feel, and in exchange, put on a mask. ~ Jim Morrison
"A human being is a part of a whole, called by us 'universe', a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest... a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty." Einstein.....This is among my favorite quotes. Lately, during a time of tremendous transition, I have begun to reread words that I have found meaningful and inspirational. I am reminded of how self-"delusion" confines and confuses.

Self ~ Letting Go

Some think it's holding on that makes one strong; sometimes it's letting go. -- Sylvia Robinson

Misunderstood

"When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be." ~Lao Tzu

Removing the Mask: The Red Shoe Series

"Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within."

~James Baldwin