Original Art by Lili Dauphinee
29" x 30"
Oil on raw canvas presented in natural Belizean hardwood float frame
Artist’s Reflection:
“Over the past few months, I’ve become fascinated by the ways our beliefs shape the lives we experience. Not just the big beliefs we consciously identify with, but the tiny, almost invisible ones underneath them.
So I started questioning mine.
Why do I brush my hair this way? Why do crumbs left on the counter bother me so much? Why do I believe this is “right” and that is “wrong”? Where did that rule even come from?
The closer I looked, the more I realized how many of my beliefs weren’t consciously chosen by me at all. They were things I had absorbed from other people when I was young. Opinions I accepted as fact before I had the tools to question them. Some were beliefs that helped keep a small girl safe in places where she ultimately wasn’t.
But I’m not that small girl anymore.
I can look at what I’ve been carrying and decide whether it still belongs to me. Whether it supports the life I’m trying to create. And if it doesn’t, I can set it down.
The interesting part has been watching what happens next. As I’ve changed some of those inner assumptions, things in my outer life have begun changing too. Maybe because I behave differently. Maybe because I notice different opportunities. Maybe because I’m no longer unconsciously recreating the same patterns. Whatever the mechanism, as someone who compulsively connects dots, I find it fascinating.
This piece is about that process. The beliefs we inherit, the ones that protect us, the ones that limit us, the ones we consciously choose to keep, and the ones we finally decide we’re allowed to put down.”
This original 29" × 30" painting is sealed with a protective matte varnish and presented in handcrafted Belizean hardwood float frame ready to hang.
Original Art by Lili Dauphinee
29" x 30"
Oil on raw canvas presented in natural Belizean hardwood float frame
Artist’s Reflection:
“Over the past few months, I’ve become fascinated by the ways our beliefs shape the lives we experience. Not just the big beliefs we consciously identify with, but the tiny, almost invisible ones underneath them.
So I started questioning mine.
Why do I brush my hair this way? Why do crumbs left on the counter bother me so much? Why do I believe this is “right” and that is “wrong”? Where did that rule even come from?
The closer I looked, the more I realized how many of my beliefs weren’t consciously chosen by me at all. They were things I had absorbed from other people when I was young. Opinions I accepted as fact before I had the tools to question them. Some were beliefs that helped keep a small girl safe in places where she ultimately wasn’t.
But I’m not that small girl anymore.
I can look at what I’ve been carrying and decide whether it still belongs to me. Whether it supports the life I’m trying to create. And if it doesn’t, I can set it down.
The interesting part has been watching what happens next. As I’ve changed some of those inner assumptions, things in my outer life have begun changing too. Maybe because I behave differently. Maybe because I notice different opportunities. Maybe because I’m no longer unconsciously recreating the same patterns. Whatever the mechanism, as someone who compulsively connects dots, I find it fascinating.
This piece is about that process. The beliefs we inherit, the ones that protect us, the ones that limit us, the ones we consciously choose to keep, and the ones we finally decide we’re allowed to put down.”
This original 29" × 30" painting is sealed with a protective matte varnish and presented in handcrafted Belizean hardwood float frame ready to hang.
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