What were you made for & what will you do with your wild and precious life? (Dimension 1: Length of

This painting is part of a series of three works related to the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. sermon “The Three Dimensions of a Complete Life.” This painting is about the first dimension – length – and is not about how long we live, but about how well we accept ourselves and how far we are able to live into our potential. Part of the title is paraphrasing the last line of Mary Oliver’s poem The Summer Day: “Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”