Felt it Go

So many times in my life have I struggled to let go. From relationships, to jobs, to bad habits and the likes. I get comfortable in routine and before I know it I'm stuck, stuck in the old things that were at a time what I felt I needed. Like walking backwards into a forest and before you realize it you're lost in the depths unable to remember how you got there or how to get out. Even though I know it's time to let go and move on, when every sign is there telling me you have learned the things needed, or have rested enough... It takes everything to move myself forward. leave behind the part of myself that no longer serves me. In every phase of life there is a shedding of the old. But it's never without its mark, never unnoticed. Like pieces of us rusting off so we may begin again. Taking a new shape with the lessons of the past as a reminder of how far we have come. This painting, “Felt it Go”, is named to remark those moments when we are aware of the change, knowing it is hard but necessary. and when we let that piece of us go, it's bittersweet but as time goes on we are forever grateful. The shape and color of the piece is that of a lemon. Symbolizing the fruits of our life and the zest we bring to it as we change and evolve. The "piece" that looks to have fallen off from the painting is distinguished by the hard straight rusted edge. I imagine that if we never let go of this piece it would consume us in rust. And in order for us to live on we must shed the old. Yet it is never without a heavy heart as you always feel it go.