wake up, get up, show up

Title: Nude
Size: 5 x 7 inches
Medium: Acrylic on Museum Wrapped Canvas
Artist: betsisanders 2011


Who you are as a person is what matters ... not where you studied, your diplomas or degrees; not where you live or what cars you drive; not the designer clothes, bags or jewelry you flaunt; not where you shop or dine; not the "who's who" in society you rub elbows with; not even the church where you worship.

When stripped of all these things, what defines you?

Some are defined by their parents, siblings, partners or their children. ... I watched a show where they featured a man, a medical doctor, whose wife and two daughters were raped, murdered and burned to death. He said that his life revolved around his family and now that they have passed, he is lost. He is stripped of everything that defined him.

What matters? What counts?... when everything is gone, when all that's left is you. ... bare, naked, stripped...

What matters is one's personal integrity, honesty, truthfulness, values and principles.

So, when there is nothing left to define you... "Wake up, get up. show up to the world ... with integrity... kindness and gratitude".


/ betsisanders 2011



[ my version of original nude paintings ]