One of my favorite ideas can be found in a previous post. A woman in a fine black gown in a dark room against a wall with a slug crawling up her arm. There is a feeling of being trapped, almost like the mythical princess in the tower. On the right, I want to add some kind of beautiful vista. On the left a dusty light floating through a window. The wall itself will be painted with a cross section, sort of like an x-ray, so you see into it as if you are inside it. Perhaps there will be mice in the walls. Will there be other additions of symbolism perhaps? We shall see. The starkness and simplicity might be best for it.
The painting is sort of painted on the golden rectangle, although it's a little off now. I might undertake the huge task of painting over it and completely moving the figure over an inch to make it more like that, but I think I will more likely just change the positioning of the wall. So the balance will be not quite as unnerving and disconcerting as I had hoped, but I hope there is enough imbalance to be deliberately effective.
