experiment.4.c.9.3 "sprig of life" Image size: 21" x 16" Most of these paintings are 21" X 16" and are $320.99 USD (unframed), including shipping and tax, for first-time patrons; and $586.84 USD (unframed), including shipping and tax, for repeat patrons. "The Worst Thing" The worst thing we ever did was put God in the sky out of reach pulling the divinity from the leaf, sifting out the holy from our bones, insisting God isn’t bursting dazzlement through everything we’ve made a hard commitment to see as ordinary, stripping the sacred from everywhere to put in a cloud man elsewhere, prying closeness from your heart. The worst thing we ever did was take the dance and the song out of prayer made it sit up straight and cross its legs removed it of rejoicing wiped clean its hip sway, its questions, its ecstatic yowl, its tears. The worst thing we ever did is pretend God isn’t the easiest thing in this Universe available to every soul in every breath. Chelan Harkin "Sprig of Life" is representative of creation or the creative process. Growth and expansion. It is about the positive aspects of love, life and creation. It is symbolic of loving creation. From a compositional standpoint, it is about the contrasts between organic form and geometric form, between linear elements and form. The color is about regeneration, the passion of love and the creative force of light. Organic forms are characterized by naturally growing curves and biomorphic contours (such as the twisting of vines, the texture of leaves), embodying the fluidity and randomness of life; geometric forms, through abstract configurations like squares, circles, and triangles, reflect the ordered sense of artificial rationality. The juxtaposition of the two creates a dialogue between "natural vital force" and "human constructive logic"—as seen in Henry Moore's sculptures, where the interplay of pebble-like forms and cubes constructs dynamic equilibrium amid chaos and conflict that can serve as catalysts for change and renewal.