Emotions Aren't Optional

Emotions Aren’t Optional, Original Painting Acrylic on canvas, 36x58, December 2025 This work examines the learned habit of measuring, rationing, or intellectualizing feelings in order to function. Emotions become something to solve rather than experience, too much, too little, just enough. This piece challenges us to give ourselves permission to feel without calculation. Original canvas painting. Inquire to purchase.