Description

A wide-eyed emu stares directly out of the canvas, its red-rimmed eyes and startled crest of feathers set against a soft green forest clearing. Nicole Martin paints this as a being of incredible focus who fixes you with an unwavering gaze, seeming to demand an answer to your very presence. What do you say to a creature like that? Meanwhile, the swamp behind it glows gently in yellow-green light, calm and unbothered despite the intensity up front. That answer has to be given truthfully, from our greater self, and not from our socially programmed personality. Additionally, the emu’s slightly ruffled, comical posture keeps the whole painting from feeling too serious, even as it asks something real of you. Focus and humor are more important today than ever before. The Emu is challenging you, and making you smile at the exact same time. What would you say if you answered honestly, right now?

Bring this honest challenge into your own space today.