If I’m visiting somebody I’m calling on them. I might be taking a trip, an excursion, or I might be working. Somebody might visit me. It could be anybody. A visit is always temporary and this painting by Félix Vallotton is an essay in impermanence. The liaison we see taking place might be between two people who with a private passion for each other, who may have known each other for a long time; or between two near-strangers. In either case perhaps this is the only place they can be together. A visit. They stand on something that looks close to a fault line and the way ahead is barred. To the right there is something exotic the; to the left there is something dark and shadowy – and these thoughts come just from reading the floor coverings. Ahead of them, of course, is an open door way (also barred). They do not look young. This is a liaison, a time that might be repeated, but not so many times. It’s a time that cannot last.
Feeling Stuck?
When you feel stuck you believe that nothing will change. Bad things repeat and the future looks bleak. Other people tell you life will improve but you don’t believe them. You can’t, however much you wish you could.
These pages are about how to get unstuck by doing things differently. Being stuck governs what you believe. Painful, contrary, invalidating feelings rule your mind and lead you to do all kinds of thing to try and get unstuck. (more...)
