Even in the darkest of nights the stars shine the brightest. In the sky, the owl flies above the world cutting the shadows with vision true. The veil of night can be thick, but there is always light to cut through the truth of things, enforcing wisdom, and increasing awareness. Even when the hunt can seem lost, we can find that one bit of insight to nourish and sustain our thoughts. 

In the times that appear dark and forbidden, there is still light that shines from within that will pierce through the deepest black and reveal the path forward. We need to be patient and trust ourselves to find the way. Illusions can overload the thoughts and impede the process. Progress flows like water, it will find a way to push through. 

The Owl is a carrier of wisdom and knowledge, perceiving the difference between fight or flight, always living for the choice of another day. Night vision reveals the mysteries and secrets showing what is real or just a hallucination. Trusting instinct and intuition, the world is the playground it thrives in. 

To the Celts and Native Americans, owls are the messengers of the beyond sent to guide us through the omens. Christians find prophecy with them, warnings that reveal what is hidden in the shadows of the soul. The Greeks assigned them to Athena representing wisdom, strategy, and learning. 

This painting was a meditation on trusting inner vision to see through the confusion hiding the path in those moments of indecision. I return to it when I need to make a career or life choice that hasn't quite reveled itself, and through it I focus on seeing the problem from above, looking for all possible paths and seeing how far each of them go.