The second we get up in the morning we have a plan in mind of how the day should go. As soon as that plan gets thwarted by one thing going wrong, we get in a state of mind that is anxious. There is a reason things go wrong and that is we are not in control as much as we think we are. Walls are just places for doors to be put. Without a wall to support it a door falls down. So walls are good because they are the end of ourselves and the doorway to something better. Not ourself. Not ourself is better than ourself because it draws on what we do not yet know. Mistakes are always doors to something better. Even when taking a test mistakes show is the door we need to find a new way to learn what we are trying to learn.
Usually our first instinct is to get upset.
You can train yourself to have an entirely different reaction. You can be calm and immediately look for the door in the wall to walk through. We are not our own.
I am a Northwest artist who is fascinated by faces and people. I work with a brush drawing of a face or human figure. Then I apply ink, paint and gel in various layers to create rich colors and textures. Along the way my images are painted, scrubbed, rinsed off, then ink and paint are reapplied until the final image is finally revealed. The process of discovering who the figures will become keeps me "intrigued and absorbed."