"The hidden sides of his character" , by Erik Pevernagie, oil on canvas, 100 x 80 cm   xx

People are seen through the stained glass window of our imagination. When some parts seem to be translucent, other parts remain opaque. A character's hidden meanders can be challenging to trail.

As we start raising different inconsistent truths, life can tip into bewilderment, and the brain goes haywire. The confrontation between what is, not is, and maybe is embeds an enduring showdown, harboring an intense apprehension and sometimes bringing us unwittingly to our knees.

'Truth' and 'facts' are 'sworn enemies,' but facts are often torn into a smokescreen and camouflaged into an appearance of alluring reliability. Only gullible people might swallow this for fear of being treated like dummies.

The truth is not a transparent process. What we see are shadows behind mat glass, a vaporous representation of reality.

Truth is not as such as we think it is. The 'truth' is a prism with many sides that only let us guess.

The truth is not merely a fierce battle with ignorance and fallacy, but, first and foremost, combat with our 'own' preconceived ideas and aprioristic conceptions.

In reality, the truth is perhaps not 'true.'

Maybe it is just a lie. Taking our truth for "the" truth could lead to many erroneous interpretations.

If cranky thoughts are blurring the transparency of our life thread, corroding the vibrating pulse of our inspiration, we need a subtle mental sledgehammer to break the shell of our unwellness, uncover the pain points, and restore the broken pieces in our thinking pattern.

So often, we want to be part of the big picture and “understand” what all the hassle is about in our lives. We feel we are missing out on the essential pieces of the puzzle, permanently struggling with the confrontation of the absence of awareness. Still, so often, we do not make the time nor have the guts to take the plunge to experience the enlightening inner transformation that gives us the insight we have longed for so badly

Phenomenon: The hidden sides of truth and reality

Factual starting point of the picture: Part of male person