"You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf." - Jon Kabat-Zinn

If recent years have taught us anything, it’s that life never stops sending wave after wave of challenges our way. We have a choice to make: We can develop the resilience needed to learn to manage those waves, or we can complain about them and let them sweep us out to sea where the challenges only multiply.

I’ve chosen to pair the wave motif with a rainbow of colors, because to me they represent the joy that is our reward for persevering through dark and stormy times. Again, we have a choice: We can wait to see if we’re lucky enough to spot a rainbow in the sky after a storm, or we can create our own with prisms, carefully placed sprays of water, or intentional curation of our surroundings. 

This show invites the viewer to focus on the good times and recognize the growth that comes with facing our challenges head on. If we can do those things—face our challenges and follow our joy—we may just find the metaphorical pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.