It’s been extremely difficult if not frightening to try to paint lately, during this incredibly potent , magical and nightmarish time. Like so many others, it is overwhelming to be witness to a time in history when the barbarians are not only at the gate, they are in the gate. The psychiatrist and visionary John Weir Perry, among others, has noted that during times of great upheaval, when the entire edifice of our shared collective belief system is threatening to crash at any moment, that is ...