My Ganesh

Have you seen him?
Have you met him?
Have I shown him to you?

I appropriated him. He doesn't mind, though. Ganesh is like Santa Claus. He can move obstacles for anyone anywhere no matter their faith so long as their heart is in the right place.

He's a little dusty. His paneling is starting to crack and chip. But art is impermanent and besides, I didn't paint him for anyone else.

Just me.

He and his ratfish are acrylic on plywood. Ganesh pointed out that my lack of funds for art supplies wasn't an obstacle, so I painted on salvaged pallet board that I collected from the discard pile at the printing studio down the street. I used just a few of my favorite colors, which were really the only colors I needed.

I made a lot of paintings that way.

Just for me.

Mostly.

You can ask me if I believe in a multi-armed patron of arts and science that moves obstacles, rides on a rat, and writes with passionate self-sacrifice, but I can't give you a direct answer. The essence, the idea of Ganesh, is a focus for my intentions towards growth and wellbeing. Some practices call this prayer. Others, meditation.

The universe is a wild and witchy place. Energies connect us in unimaginable ways. Perhaps Ganesh is a means to help us conceptualize these connections.

Like art.

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