A defeat for the ego is a victory for the Self. C. G. Jung, Collected Works ____________________________________________________________ (34) Landscape of the Heart When I was drawing this landscape, I thought I was creating an image of where I needed to go. Seen now, it could just as well be an image of where I had already been. Are those black shapes punctures of the body from the stent procedures? Each time I was hospitalized to have a stent inserted in my heart, I had to surrender all sense of control over my fate.  It was a profoundly humbling experience, each time. With the heart attack, I lost any sense of entitlement I had to life itself, or to any future. At the same time, I gained a sense of deep gratitude for the precarious life that I still had. Are those shark fins in the water? I am glad that I am standing on the green earth!   March 19, 2007