WW77,
Thanks...the picture is currently for sale. Bougie is a classical realist and most of his work are pictures of landscapes and scenery. But this is one of his few figurative works that I have seen. The picture is very symbolic to me at this point in time as I go through a transition to another stage in my life.
I do not have any diagnosis...do not want any from any shrink (had a terrible experience with one about 13 years ago).
I just feel like I do not really fit in with mainstream thinking on many issues and that I go in and out of being introverted and extroverted. (scored equally on the Myers Briggs tests in the E and I category.)
I also feel very vulnerable about expressing my thoughts and emotions and will often go back and delete/edit stuff I write (much to the chagrin of some people). I am not a fancy, educated person and often feel inferior to others, even on here where others seem to be so about their experiences in life.
Originally I was being encouraged to write a lot on here by someone who was close to me at the time. Now the frequency of what I write has decreased again...and my level of trust has waned.
Perhaps in time it will come back...Today, I read some of my stuff I posted on here in the past and it seems silly to me now.