Dark Forest

Artist: "The story unfolded all by itself, whenever I attempted to force a direction it would simply guide me back onto the path that it wanted me to travel. I often feel helpless when it comes to the decisions that I make, to the point that I can weigh up the pros and cons and deliberate interminably, until a simple decision is made. The process of weighing up the two sides of any decision is exhausting, and I can't let go of the grasping thoughts of yesterday that peer into my clarity of today. Suspended in movement I am lost and require letting go of the need for decisions in a place that I am only found. How can I be lost in my own mind? It was the discovery of the Emerald, the symbol of my mind, that led me into the golden forest, the symbol of my heart. I let go of the Emerald, and in doing so the forest was lit from within by the golden glow, and my decisions were changed from to-ing and fro-ing between why and why not, to only trying to listen to the single direction of my heart, the strongest and surest guide. There was a Fool, who pointed into the darkness of the trees, before the trees were gold. And previously I had run from the forest holding my mind as though it were my greatest treasure, all sparkling and glittering with infinite variations and patterns and perfections."

Fleeing the forest clasping the Emerald 

"And then I had entered the forest again, and the Fool had urged me deeper, away from the edge where I had wandered unsure, looking out at the promises the world had to offer, and looking in at the journey to be taken to discover what was inside, in the darkness."