Collection: Do Your Duty/Serenity Prayer

This series is inspired by something similar the Serenity Prayer. In the Bhagavad Gita, one of the major books of Hinduism, there is a line advising that one does one’s duty within one’s control, without attachment to the results (“fruits”) of those actions that are outside of one’s control. The entire Sanskrit line is, “Karmanyevadhikaraste ma phaleshu kadachana.” In this piece, the background is composed of mango fruit, blossoms, and leaves, as well as bees! Arguably the most important part of the piece are the bees.

The composition is botanical; however, the grid is a 10-pointed star repeating into infinity, inspired by Islamic geometric patterns.