This series of three 24” x 36” paintings are designed to foster self-inquiry and inspiration in the viewer. Each painting includes one quote from the poet Rumi, a Persian mystical poet who lived in the 13th century. Out of respect to his poetry I have kept the quotes very readable.

The geometrical shapes, the colors, the quotes, the mirrors and the titles are carefully chosen to provoke a reaction in the viewer.

Quote: “You wander from room to room hunting for the diamond necklace that is already around your neck.”

I chose this quote because it cautions me against my wandering dissatisfied, restless mind, that too often looks outside for fulfillment.

Applied to a cultural level, this quote is a call to reflect over our society of consumption, our incessant need for more and instead to find satisfaction in what we already have and are.

In “What are you really looking for?”, the thick line suggestive of the necklace with the diamond mirror in it, reflects our own image, thus inviting us to consider that what we are really looking for is within us, is actually ourselves and not “out there”, a thing or an object to chase.