Anger/The Bright Red Line 30"x40" acyrlic on canvas

Anger shows us what our boundaries are. It is meant to be listened to. It is a map. Anger is meant to be acted on. It is not meant to be acted out. It tells us we can't get away with our old life any longer. Sloth, apathy and despair are the enemy, not anger. It will always tell us when we have been betrayed and when we have betrayed ourselves. The color red is associated with Anger.

Often, anger is aimed at the wrong person or thing, which is why, along with envy and pride, it was categorized by Dante as a sin of misdirected love. Anger becomes a sin when it causes us to lose our sense of reason, which is a gift from God. This fits well with the modern concept of anger as a loss of self-control, and a reaction to feelings of powerlessness.

Anger points. It is a bright red line. The sin comes in crossing the line rather than adhering to its warning. The opposite of anger/wrath is kindness. Kindness means taking the tender approach. The tenderness of pastels and sunlight on one side of the bright red line represent this. The harsh grit of earth tones are found when you cross the bright red line. The earth and mud colors here also represent our true nature.

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