“Chiron”
A Chiron is the Wounded Healer. The Chiron is our greatest wound, with the possibility of our greatest healing becoming our greatest strength, thru understanding and embracing it.
The woman stands vulnerable and bare chested, surrounded by a swarm of bees. Her throat is cut, as honey and blood flow down her bare chest, her expression is a mix of sadness, serenity, and strength. The bees swarm around her, capable of stinging her, yet she stands unconcerned, and at ease, perhaps even representing a queen status to them, and providing them nourishment.
She holds in her hand the seed pods called Devils claw, medicinally these are used to help with inflammation, and they cast a Rorschach-like shadow along her breasts, appearing sinister with a more scorpion tail appearance, they are both warning and poultice. This painting weaves the death of one state of mind, with the beginning of another flourishing around her as the Hollyhocks are in full bloom, and the leaves around her show the holes chewed by bugs. Everything is in balance, everything moves interconnected to another. One ending begets a new one.