{"product_id":"go-forth","title":"Go Forth","description":"\u003cp\u003e48” × 48” Spray paint, acrylic, pencil and paint pen (oil and acrylic), graphite and jute on canvas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eWhen I visited Spain in June, I saw Antoni Tàpies’ \u003ci\u003eAmbrosia\u003c\/i\u003e by chance at the Guggenheim in Bilbao and was gobsmacked. He has long been one of my favorite artists, especially for his ability to connect seeming coincidence with form. Is it chance? Is it skill? Did he even know?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThis painting is dedicated to him. And yes, I am deliberately trying to let this one look like his work, albeit with my own secret sauce. It takes courage to pursue your own path while also acknowledging the broad shoulders that helped clear it for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe cross appears often in Tàpies’ work and is naturally rife with symbolism. I offer a less religious, though no less burdensome, take. For me, the cross embodies the four directions of our lives: the physical, the spiritual, the intellectual, and the emotional. To deny one is to distort the whole.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThat is where \u003cb\u003eGo Forth\u003c\/b\u003e enters. Take up your cross as you see it, for it will not be the same as mine, and have the courage to move ahead. It is not an optimistic slogan. It is simply what we must do so that when we look back on that road, we can say it was a life well lived.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFrame not included.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"jasonhatchell.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47372571443369,"sku":null,"price":450000.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/0299\/9977\/files\/goforth-full_4.jpg?v=1787448662","url":"https:\/\/jasonhatchell.com\/products\/go-forth","provider":"jasonhatchell.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}