[Molly Sherrick Phifer]

I just adore this painting. Wow.

So, here's what came up for me (as I relate it to my own experience of youth vs. mid life); As a twenty year old there is a yearning to "find the light" (symbolized by the lighthouse). The young man is looking in from outside. As a more mature adult, he has become part of the light, realized that he is now and always was a part of the light. Now he looks out on all there is.

Just wonderful!