Meditation #2 by Ally Shah
Medium: Acrylic on wood board
Size: 14 in x 14 in
Artist statement: “As a survivor of trauma I feel empathy with anyone who has to work through difficult emotions and experiences. It can be an incredibly long lasting and taxing process. I wish everyone peace and success in this process.
“This painting is depicts my personal experience of a sort of inner heat and fire that is generated by conflict and uncertainty. My experience is that facing my fears and assumptions about the world is akin to an intense internal battle. My challenges in life at times lead to a sort of suffering that immensely unpleasant. To find peace with that and be able to face it is something that has been very important to me in life. I have come to appreciate my own intense struggles to find peace as a sort of beauty. The person in this image is not in pain, but at peace, even as they struggle.”
Image description: The image depicts an amorphous human form on an undulating blue background, the person’s face is expressionless and there are small flames coming out of every part of their torso.