Double Consciousness

Oil on Canvas
36” x 46”

Freud described the id as a chaos, a cauldron of seething excitations. Our primitive nature, a wild horse of energy and drive, unable to resist the temptation of temporary desire. Our ego - the rider - grips the reins, trying to steer this untamed energy towards the direction that it wills. There’s always this push and pull between our chaotic wild nature and our desire to fit ourselves into social constructs.