THE MOIRAI DESTINIES Painting

One of the most challenging aspects of creating a new surreal painting is finding an appropriate title and story that suggests an explanation of the work in broad terms but does not offer a definitive interpretation. This exercise is a difficult and often frustrating task but an important one. The title and story should convey an explanatory starting point which allows the painting’s meaning to grow and expand over time. The Moirai Destinies The concept of a universal principle of natural order and balance. _________________________________________________________________________________ In ancient Greek mythology, the Moirai (often known in English as the Fates) were the personifications of destiny. The role of the Moirai was to ensure that every being, mortal and divine, lived out their destiny as it was assigned to them by the laws of the universe. For mortals, this destiny spanned their entire lives and was represented as a thread spun from a spindle (wiki) or as depicted in this painting, a series of trailing clouds. The Moirai were considered the enforcers of fate and the singularity they inhabit in the pantheon in this painting is a point in time and space at which circumstances result in unforeseeable, infinite changes.