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I used to expect joy to feel more exciting than it did.
My relationship with joy felt a little bland until I began to understand its quieter purpose. Sometimes joy is like nourishment when you’re feeling depleted: something you must continue receiving, even when the change is too gradual to notice.
In The Fix, the orange represents that daily return. I think of it like reaching for vitamin C when I’m feeling sick, with the anticipation of feeling better. That is how I am learning to practice joy: making room for it, returning to what nourishes my spirit, and trusting that something is happening even when I cannot feel it immediately.
The simplicity of this painting is part of its meaning. I wanted to focus on the consistency and purpose of joy—the willingness to keep showing up without needing every moment to be exciting. In my own life, returning to joy has helped me find the strength to begin again, often quietly, often slowly.
Part of the Fruits of the Spirit collection, The Fix reflects on the anticipation of something good still ahead. Sometimes that anticipation is enough to move us—to do the work, to care for what is growing, and to keep going until we can see what we have been hoping for.
I used to expect joy to feel more exciting than it did.
My relationship with joy felt a little bland until I began to understand its quieter purpose. Sometimes joy is like nourishment when you’re feeling depleted: something you must continue receiving, even when the change is too gradual to notice.
In The Fix, the orange represents that daily return. I think of it like reaching for vitamin C when I’m feeling sick, with the anticipation of feeling better. That is how I am learning to practice joy: making room for it, returning to what nourishes my spirit, and trusting that something is happening even when I cannot feel it immediately.
The simplicity of this painting is part of its meaning. I wanted to focus on the consistency and purpose of joy—the willingness to keep showing up without needing every moment to be exciting. In my own life, returning to joy has helped me find the strength to begin again, often quietly, often slowly.
Part of the Fruits of the Spirit collection, The Fix reflects on the anticipation of something good still ahead. Sometimes that anticipation is enough to move us—to do the work, to care for what is growing, and to keep going until we can see what we have been hoping for.