I love the trompe l'oeil technique in art. This "deceive the eye" style is a crossover to reality. When one is faced with such a painting, the urge to touch it is strong. "Is this for real?" A validation or confirmation is in order. Such is what happened to the painting of Adriaen van der Spelt (1630-1673) and Frans van Mieris (1635-1681) called Still Life with a Flower Garland and a Curtain in a Dutch gallery.
When life nips us in the butt, or when we are harshly jolted by circumstances, as a cushion to the blow --- the first reaction is one of disbelief. Somehow, somewhere that circumstance must not be happening. We heave and ho. We struggle.
Postmortem, what matters is what is left of us. What we have become. Or what we have learned.
Most of the time, problems are actually gifts that are wrapped quite differently. "You seek the problems because you need their gifts." --- Richard Bach, Jonathan Livingston Seagull. Things are not always as they seem.
