Call and Response

The Call

The call begins as a quiet whisper from a cold, dark place, and isolation where it feels almost impossible to be seen. The voice sounds trapped, without hope of escape, and is filled with deep psychological and emotional pain.

The call felt like an invitation, suggesting that “truth lies at the bottom of a well.”

It looked just as Jean-Léon Gérôme painted it. She held a mirror, reflecting the feminine side of self-reflection. The difference was that here, Truth was at the bottom of the Well of Sorrow, and she was a native woman.

Truth is at the Bottom of the Well (1895) by Jean-Léon Gérôme, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon.

Going down into the well to search for truth meant I needed resilience, determination, and self-reflection. I used the bottom of the well as a starting point for climbing back toward the light.

I looked deep inside myself before coming back up, feeling renewed and changed. I answered the call through my work. Some may suggest I wasted my life, squandering it on delusion and fantasy. Who can say?

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