Psychiatrist Carl Jung coined the word synchronicity to describe events of meaningful coincidence with no apparent causal relationship. 

MYKONOS

When I was traveling through Europe in 1981, I lost my Swiss Army Knife on Paradise Beach on Mykonos, Greece’s island paradise in the heart of the Cyclades on the often turbulent Aegean Sea. According to myth, Mykonos was formed from the petrified bodies of giants killed by Hercules. The island took its name from “Mykonos,” grandson of the Greek god Apollo.

TIME TRAVELING

Fast forward nearly thirty-five years later to 2015: One morning, I opened the door to my studio cabin in a mountain town in the high desert of New Mexico. There lying on the welcome mat was the Swiss Army Knife that I had lost all those years ago.

Was it, in fact, the knife I had lost, I wondered, and how can this be? The knife had seen much bad road. 

A mystery had arrived at my door. I asked around, including the UPS and FedEx drivers if they had lost such a knife. No lost knife from them.

SYNCHRONICITY, I PRESUME

I can’t explain how or why this knife ‘returned’ to me any better than Jung’s concept of synchronicity—where events, including miracles, happen that cannot be rationally explained. 

Synchronities are all around us. Many have experienced this synchronicity: you’re thinking of someone and in that instant, they call. Something to consider: not having an apparent causal relationship between events does not mean that there isn’t one. We are too close to see the vast web of connections.

CONNECTING ON A DEEPER INTUITIVE LEVEL

My art-making is based on the physical flow of spontaneous intuition, which involves a remarkable journey. Impulses of energy and information surge down my arm and, through improvisation, I compose visual jazz with line and color. If the art-making is magic, then the art is magic.

What does the above painting reveal to you? There is no right or wrong answer. Trust your feelings, not the opinion of others, including art critics and so-called experts. Remember, if you see it, then it’s there. Enjoy. Click on the painting for more details.

To get a better feel for the scope and range of my art, please visit my collection of limited edition original Fine Art prints: each signed print features museum quality materials, permanent pigment inks, plus acid-free matting that I attach to the artwork using conservation best practices.

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