Côté cour…Côté jardin (100 x100 cm) Oil and metal on canvas , by Erik Pevernagie xx

If we don’t find the magic to keep living on the bright side of life, we must cultivate our mindset. Let us learn to be grateful for the present moment, the morning dew enchanting our eyes, the random smile of uplifting people we encounter, and the happy flashes sprinkling our life canvas. Compassion to others and ourselves gives us a sense of belonging, fulfillment, and satisfaction, brightening up the sidewalk of our day.

Whereas some dwell on the bright side of life, enjoying an exciting spectrum of contingencies and getting all the breaks, others live in the confined inner court of their being, cramped within the fence of their mind. Only imagination may arouse a spark of expectation, stir up resilience, and create an equitable prospect.

Be it on the garden side or the courtyard side. We have the potential to rise up against the dictatorship of destiny, become rebels with a cause at any time, and turn the course of our existence since life deliberately means 'choice' and offers a range of challenges that can empower us to transcend matters and settings.

Social counterpoints can be a shrieking reality. But life may nevertheless become a colorful canvas with an array of opportunities, allowing us to escape from the suffocation of our enclosure if we hold ourselves receptive to the healing power of the daily little marvels and stay aware of the vivifying unexpectedness of the distinct moments.

When an incidental color or a random fragrance takes possession of our imagination, we can suddenly blossom into a new entity as it gives us wings and enlightens our horizon, just like canary birds that feel stimulated and start singing as soon as they sense the radiance of the sun through the reflection of the skylight.

Let us not wait until the light fades into an irreparable loss but stay in the loop and pursue the momentous flow of daily little wonders as life kindly tenders us gorgeous bouquets of sparkling colors, telling signs, and rousing episodes.

First, let us open our eyes and learn to be aware of the enchantment of the little things.

Never and again, our minds may need clarification when we have to discover what heads or tails are. Ever and again, bewilderment may strike our brain when we have to interpret the contrasts between the dark and the bright sides of things, when we have got to read complex cases and assess the divergences between the iridescent outward appearances and the grisly undercurrents of particular characters.

However, if we take an elastic and well-attuned stance on our environment's multi-layered backgrounds, we may acquire a widespread sense of scanning the suspected boundaries and the threats of incidental loopholes.

"Côté cour...Côté jardin", courtyard side and garden side, is a permutation from the theatrical scenery, from the artificial theatre to the reality of life. .

Phenomenon : Social and psychological discrepancy.

Factual starting point : woman sitting between garden and court-yard