"The Lion, the Angel, Heaven and Hell"
I love how heaven is full, complete, and hell is empty and shattered, and the angel is rushing in to conquer the lion. But it's all in the same place, which to me eludes back to Luke 17:20-21 "And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God [heaven] should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you."
This was a spontaneous image, created first in mind. The idea is fairly self-explanitory... the dark shiny shoes of death (trying to be impressive--sleek and polished), unlaced, and the person previously bound by mortality, is freed. The light shone on this spot when I took the image, further metaphorically, and the branches represent the obstructions that try to hinder us, mortally, and keep us from 'loosing these shoes'. And it's all upheld--this loosing from mortal attempts to constrain true life--on the rock of Truth.
This is probably , in my opinion, the best image I made this summer (in 2003) for all it says in utter simplicity. Such is the root of the greatest work.
This should be a lesson to listen to that small voice.